Kaninuwa language
Kaninuwa, or Wataluma, is a major Oceanic language of Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea.
| Kaninuwa | |
|---|---|
| Wataluma | |
| Kaokao | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Goodenough Island |
Native speakers | 360 (2001)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wat |
| Glottolog | kani1281 |
| ELP | Kaninuwa[2] |
Alphabet
Kaninuwa language has 23 letters (A/a, B/b, Bw/bw, D/d, E/e, F/f, Fw/fw, G/g, Gw/gw, Ḡ/ḡ, I/i, K/k, Kw/kw, M/m, Mw/mw, N/n, O/o, S/s, T/t, U/u, V/v, W/w, Y/y).
References
- Kaninuwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Kaninuwa.
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