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
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeast ...
, spoken in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
by 15,000 people. The three dialects, Waima, Roro, and Paitana, are very close.
References
External links
Waima Grammar Essentials
Central Papuan Tip languages
Languages of Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
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