Kaninuwa language
| Kaninuwa | |
|---|---|
| Wataluma | |
| Kaokao | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Goodenough Island |
Native speakers | 360 (2001)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
wat |
| Glottolog |
kani1281[2] |
Kaninuwa, or Wataluma, is a major Oceanic language of Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea.
Alphabet
Kaninuwa language has 18 letters (Aa, Bb, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ḡḡ, Ii, Kk, Mm, Nn, Oo, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Yy) and 2 diphthongs (bw and fw).
References
- ↑ Kaninuwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kaninuwa". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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