Rasawa is a

Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...

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. It is spoken in Rasawa village in Oudate District,

Waropen Regency Waropen Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province, Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 10,847.97 km2, and it had a population of 24,639 at the 2010 Census and 33,943 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid ...

. Rasawa shares half of its basic vocabulary with the

Saponi language Saponi is an extinct Papuan language of Indonesia. It was spoken in Botawa village of Waropen Bawah Subdistrict in Waropen Regency Waropen Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province, Indonesia. The Regency covers an are ...

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Languages of western New Guinea Wapoga languages {{papuan-lang-stub