Siane language

Siane
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Chimbu Province, Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers	29,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Goroka Siane; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	snp
Glottolog	sian1257[2]

Siane (Siani) is a Papuan language spoken in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Siane Rural LLG and other neighboring local-level government areas of Papua New Guinea.

Named dialects are Hakoa, Kolepa, Yamofowe, Komongu, Komoigaleka, Kemanimowe, Ona, Keto, Laiya, Fowe, Olumba, Lambau, Alango, Yandime, Wando. Komongu and Lambau are the literary standards.

Like many Papuan languages Siane has a register tone system.[3]

References

Siane at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Siane". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Lucht, Ramona (1978). "Siane tone orthography". SIL.

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[e18-1] Siane at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Siane". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[3] Lucht, Ramona (1978). "Siane tone orthography". SIL.