Sowanda 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 ...

Sandaun Province Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capital is Vanimo. In July 1998 the a ...

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 ...

, with a couple hundred speakers in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

n Papua.

Dialects

There are three divergent varieties, Waina, Punda and Umeda, which may be distinct languages. They are each spoken in three different villages of

Walsa Rural LLG Walsa Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Waris languages are spoken in this LLG. Wards *01. Doandai ( Auwe-Daonda language speakers) *02. Smock ( Auwe-Daonda language speakers) *03. Namola *04. Da ...

: *Waina village (), located in Waina ward *Punda village (), located in Punda ward *Umeda village (), located in Punda ward

References

Border languages (New Guinea) Languages of western New Guinea Languages of Sandaun Province {{papuan-lang-stub