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Wagawaga language (New Guinea)

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Glottolog
  
waga1262

Region
  
Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

Native speakers
  
1,900 (2000 census –2005)

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Papuan Tip Nuclear Suauic Wagawaga

ISO 639-3
  
Either: ylb – Yaleba (Gamadoudou) wgb – Wagawaga (Baeaula)

Wagawaga is an Oceanic language spoken on the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea. The Gamadoudou, Soma’a, and Sileba dialects may be a separate language, Yaleba.

References

Wagawaga language (New Guinea) Wikipedia