Siane language

Siane (Siani) is a Papuan language spoken in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Siane Rural LLG and other neighboring local-level government areas of Papua New Guinea.

"Siane" redirects here. For the local-level government area of Papua New Guinea, see Siane Rural LLG.
Siane
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionChimbu Province, Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers
29,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3snp
Glottologsian1257[2]

Named dialects are Hakoa, Kolepa, Yamofowe, Komongu, Komoigaleka, Kemanimowe, Ona, Keto, Laiya, Fowe, Olumba, Lambau, Alango, Yandime, Wando. Komongu and Lambau are the literary standards.

Like many Papuan languages Siane has a register tone system.[3]

References
  1. Siane at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Siane". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Lucht, Ramona (1978). "Siane tone orthography". SIL.
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