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Guhu Samane language

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Region
  
Papua New Guinea

Dialects
  
Sekare

Glottolog
  
guhu1244

Native speakers
  
13,000 (2000 census)

ISO 639-3
  
ghs

Language family
  
Trans–New Guinea Binanderean Guhu-Samane

Guhu-Samane, also known as Bia, Mid-Waria, Muri, Paiawa, Tahari, is a divergent Trans–New Guinea language that is related to the Binanderean family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005).

Dialects

Smallhorn (2011:131) gives the following dialects.

  • Kipu (most widely spoken)
  • Bapi
  • Garaina
  • Sekare
  • Sinaba
  • References

    Guhu-Samane language Wikipedia