Wasembo language

Wasembo, also known as Biapim, Gusap, and Yankowan, is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Usher classifies it as being closest to the Yaganon languages.

Wasembo
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
(590 cited 1980 census)[1]
Trans–New Guinea?
Language codes
ISO 639-3gsp
Glottologwase1252[2]

References

  1. Wasembo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wasembo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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