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Yagwoia language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
  
ygw

Native speakers
  
10,000 (2005)

Glottolog
  
yagw1240

Region
  
Morobe, Eastern Highlands, Gulf provinces

Language family
  
Trans–New Guinea Angan family Angan proper Group A Yagwoia

Yagwoia (Yeghuye), or Kokwaiyakwa, is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are named after the five ethnicities, Iwalaqamalje, Hiqwaye, Hiqwase, Gwase, Heqwangilye (Yeqwangilje dialect).

References

Yagwoia language Wikipedia