Siawi language
Siawi, also known as Musan, is one of two Amto–Musan (Samaia River) languages. It is spoken in Siawi village (4.062998°S 141.421181°E), Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.[3][4]
| Siawi | |
|---|---|
| Musan | |
| Siafli | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sandaun Province: Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea in Amanab and Rocky Peak Districts, south of the Upper Sepik River, toward the headwaters of the Left May River on the Samaia River east of Amto |
Native speakers | 220 (2007)[1] |
Arai–Samaia
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mmp |
| Glottolog | siaw1243[2] |
| Coordinates: 4.062998°S 141.421181°E | |
The name "Siawi" is misspelling of the endonym, Siafli, used on government maps. The old name for the language, "Musan", is a clan name.[5]
Notes
- Siawi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Siawi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 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.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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