Sanio language
Sanio, or more precisely Saniyo-Hiyewe, is a Sepik language of Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG in East Sepik Province, northern Papua New Guinea. It is also spoken in Telefomin Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.[3]
| Sanio | |
|---|---|
| Hiowe | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 1,300 (2000 census)[1] |
Sepik
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sny |
| Glottolog | sani1270 |
| ELP | Saniyo-Hiyewe[2] |
Dialects
- Hiyowe dialect, spoken in Maposi village (4.547475°S 142.220638°E) of Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG
- Saniyo dialect, spoken in Hanasi (4.523215°S 142.375861°E), Malapute’e (4.58544°S 142.33631°E), Pukapuki, Salunapi (4.551342°S 142.343271°E), and Sio (4.450431°S 142.316392°E) villages of Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG
References
- Sanio at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Saniyo-Hiyewe.
- 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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