Abaga | |
States: | Papua New Guinea |
Region: | Eastern Highlands Province |
Ethnicity: | 1,000 (2017) |
Speakers: | 600 |
Date: | 2017 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
Fam2: | ? Kainantu–Goroka |
Fam3: | Goroka |
Fam4: | Kamono–Yagaria |
Iso3: | abg |
Glotto: | abag1245 |
Glottorefname: | Abaga |
Map2: | Lang Status 20-CR.svg |
Abaga (or Wagama) is a nearly extinct Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea. It appears to be related to Kamono and Yagaria.
The classification of Abaga is disputed. It may actually be a Kamano-Yagaria language, and not a Finisterre-Huon language with heavy influence as proposed before.[1]