Waima language

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Waima
RegionEastern New Guinea
Native speakers
15,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3rro
Glottologwaim1251

The Waima language (sometimes known as Roro, though this is strictly the name of one dialect of Waima) is a Nuclear West Central Papuan Tip language of the Oceanic group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken in Papua New Guinea by 15,000 people. The three dialects, Waima, Roro, and Paitana, are very close.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Waima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ "Waima".

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