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Goliath language

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Region
  
West Papua

ISO 639-3
  
mtg

Native speakers
  
5,600 (2006)

Glottolog
  
unaa1239

Language family
  
Trans–New Guinea Mek Eastern Una

Una, better known as Goliath, is a Papuan language of West Papua.

Dialects are (Western) Una, Bomela, Tanime, Eastern Sela, Kinome. Eastern Una is closer to Ketengban.

It is one of the 3 languages to lack both /p/ and /g/, along with Efik and Ket.

References

Goliath language Wikipedia