Owiniga language

Owiniga (a.k.a. Bero, Samo, Taina) is a Left May language of Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG, East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea.

Not to be confused with Samo language (New Guinea).
Owiniga
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionTunap-Hunstein Rural LLG, East Sepik Province
Native speakers
330 (1998)[1]
Arai–Samaia
Language codes
ISO 639-3owi
Glottologowin1240
ELPOwiniga[2]

It is spoken in Amu, Inagri (4.479158°S 141.709444°E / -4.479158; 141.709444 (Inagri)), Samo (4.425648°S 141.715772°E / -4.425648; 141.715772 (Samo)), and Yei (4.425035°S 141.832443°E / -4.425035; 141.832443 (Iyie)) villages.[3][4]

References
  1. Owiniga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Owiniga.
  3. 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.
  4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.


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