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Nawaru language

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Nawaru
Sirio
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionOro Province
Native speakers
(190 cited 1990)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3nwr
Glottolognawa1258
ELPNawaru

Nawaru, or Sirio, is a Papuan language. It is spoken in the village of Sibia (9°26′14″S 148°18′03″E / 9.437132°S 148.30083°E / -9.437132; 148.30083 (Sibia)) in Namudi ward, Safia Rural LLG, Ijivitari District, Oro Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea.[1][2]

Nawaru is described by Ethnologue as "very similar" to Yareba.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Nawaru at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.