Waima language

Waima
Region	Eastern New Guinea
Native speakers	15,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Central Papuan Tip West Central Nuclear West Central Waima; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rro
Glottolog	waim1251

The Waima language (sometimes known as Roro, though this is strictly the name of one dialect of Waima) is a Nuclear West Central Papuan Tip language of the Oceanic group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken in Papua New Guinea by 15,000 people. The three dialects, Waima, Roro, and Paitana, are very close.[2]

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