Oweina language

Oweina
Waisara
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers	unknown (350 cited 1981)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Kainantu Gauwa Oweina
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`wsr`
Glottolog	`owen1244`^[2]

Oweina (Owena, often misspelled "Owenia"),^[3] or Waisara, after the two villages in which it is spoken, is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.

References

↑ Oweina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Owenia". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Tryon & Hackman (1983) Solomon Islands Languages: An Internal Classification

Kainantu–Goroka languages

Goroka

Gahuku	Alekano Dano Tokano

Kamono–Yagaria	Abaga Inoke-Yate Kamono Kanite Ke’yagana Yagaria

Others	Benabena Fore Gende Gimi Isabi Siane Yaweyuha

Kainantu

Tairora	Binumarien Kambaira Tairoa Waffa

Gauwa	Agarabi Awa Awiyaana Gadsup Kosena Ontenu Oweina Usarufa

Other	Kenati

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