Kwanga (Gawanga) is a
Sepik
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language spoken in
Gawanga Rural LLG
Gawanga Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, I ...
of
East Sepik Province
East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size.
History
Cherubim Dambui was appointed as East Sepik's first premier ...
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Papua New Guinea
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Classification
There are two main dialects, and five subdialects. The 14th (2000) edition of ''
Ethnologue
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'' classified ''Apos, Bongos, Wasambu,'' and ''Yubanakor'' as distinct languages, and assigned them the ISO codes ''apo, bxy, wsm,'' and ''yuo'', respectively. They have since been subsumed under Kwanga.
Dialects are:
*Apos ()
*Bongos (Bongomaise, Bongomamsi, Kambaminchi, Nambi) (, )
*Tau (Kubiwat, Mangamba, Nambes) (, )
*Wasambu ()
*Yubanakor (Daina) (, , )
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kwanga Language
Nukuma languages
Languages of East Sepik Province
Languages of Sandaun Province