Kwanga language explained

Kwanga language should not be confused with Kwanga language (Bantu).

Kwanga
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	East Sepik Province and Sandaun Province
Speakers:	10,000
Date:	2001
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Sepik
Fam2:	Middle Sepik
Fam3:	Nukuma
Iso3:	kwj
Glotto:	kwan1278
Glottorefname:	Kwanga

Kwanga (Gawanga) is a Sepik language spoken in Gawanga Rural LLG of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.^{[1] [2]}

Classification

There are two main dialects, and five subdialects. The 14th (2000) edition of Ethnologue classified Apos, Bongos, Wasambu, and Yubanakor as distinct languages, and assigned them the ISO codes apo, bxy, wsm, and yuo, respectively. They have since been subsumed under Kwanga.

Dialects are:

• Apos (-3.6692°N 142.805°W)
• Bongos (Bongomaise, Bongomamsi, Kambaminchi, Nambi) (-3.7367°N 142.6581°W, -3.8039°N 142.65°W)
• Tau (Kubiwat, Mangamba, Nambes) (-3.67°N 142.7229°W, -3.6595°N 142.6787°W)
• Wasambu (-3.7589°N 142.6954°W)
• Yubanakor (Daina) (-3.7279°N 142.8778°W, -3.7386°N 142.8751°W, -3.7834°N 142.7657°W)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Papua New Guinea languages . Ethnologue

   Languages of the World

   . 22nd . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . 2019 . Dallas . SIL International.
2. Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.