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 in Sandaun Province:[2][3]
^Sowanda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Umeda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^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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sowanda, language, sowanda, papuan, language, sandaun, province, papua, guinea, with, couple, hundred, speakers, indonesian, papua, sowandanative, topapua, guinearegionsandaun, province, papua, province, indonesianative, speakers1, 2000, 2003, language, family. Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province Papua New Guinea with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua SowandaNative toPapua New GuineaRegionSandaun Province Papua province IndonesiaNative speakers1 500 2000 2003 1 Language familyBorder Bewani RangeBapi RiverSowandaDialectsWaina Punda UmedaLanguage codesISO 639 3Either a href https iso639 3 sil org code sow class extiw title iso639 3 sow sow a Sowanda a href https iso639 3 sil org code upi class extiw title iso639 3 upi upi a UmedaGlottologsowa1245 Sowandaumed1238 Umeda PundaELPSowandaMap all coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Dialects editThere 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 in Sandaun Province 2 3 Waina village 3 25 06 S 141 03 02 E 3 418333 S 141 050496 E 3 418333 141 050496 Waina located in Waina ward Punda village 3 25 38 S 141 06 37 E 3 427183 S 141 110275 E 3 427183 141 110275 Punda located in Punda ward Umeda village 3 24 49 S 141 05 42 E 3 413694 S 141 094886 E 3 413694 141 094886 Umeda located in Punda wardReferences edit Sowanda at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Umeda at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required 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 nbsp Wiktionary has word lists at Appendix Pauwasi word lists This Papuan languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sowanda language amp oldid 1088293769, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
