Siawi language
Appearance
Siawi | |
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Musan | |
Siafli | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Sandaun Province: Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea in Amanab and Rocky Peak Districts, south of the Upper Sepik River, toward the headwaters of the Left May River on the Samaia River east of Amto |
Native speakers | 220 (2007)[1] |
Arai–Samaia
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mmp |
Glottolog | siaw1243 |
ELP | Siawi |
Coordinates: 4°03′47″S 141°25′16″E / 4.062998°S 141.421181°E |
Siawi, also known as Musan, is one of two Amto–Musan (Samaia River) languages. It is spoken in Siawi village (4°03′47″S 141°25′16″E / 4.062998°S 141.421181°E), Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.[2][3]
The name "Siawi" is misspelling of the endonym, Siafli, used on government maps. The old name for the language, "Musan", is a clan name.[4]
Notes
- ^ Siawi 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.
- ^ [1]