Kawacha language

Kawatsa is a nearly extinct Angan language of Papua New Guinea. According to one source, an estimated 12 people are believed to speak the language.[1] It is spoken in Katsiong village (7.046688°S 146.152479°E / -7.046688; 146.152479 (Katsiong)), Tsewi ward, Kome Rural LLG.[4][5]

Kawatsa
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Ethnicity	spoken by 30% or less (no date)[1]
Native speakers	12 (2000)[2]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Angan Northeast Kawatsa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kcb
Glottolog	kawa1276[3]
Coordinates: 7.046688°S 146.152479°E / -7.046688; 146.152479 (Katsiong)

References

1. Kawacha language at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
2. Kawatsa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kawacha". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
4. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
5. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.