Kwanga (Gawanga) is a
Sepik language spoken in
Gawanga Rural LLG of
East Sepik Province,
Papua New Guinea.
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
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Nukuma languages
Languages of East Sepik Province
Languages of Sandaun Province