Kawacha language
Kawatsa is a nearly extinct Angan language of Papua New Guinea. According to one source, an estimated 12 people are believed to speak the language.[1] It is spoken in Katsiong village (7.046688°S 146.152479°E), Tsewi ward, Kome Rural LLG.[4][5]
| Kawatsa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
| Ethnicity | spoken by 30% or less (no date)[1] |
Native speakers | 12 (2000)[2] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kcb |
| Glottolog | kawa1276[3] |
| Coordinates: 7.046688°S 146.152479°E | |
References
- Kawacha language at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- Kawatsa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kawacha". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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