Nawaru | |
Nativename: | Sirio |
States: | Papua New Guinea |
Region: | Oro Province |
Speakers: | 190 |
Date: | 1990 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
Fam2: | Yareban |
Fam3: | Nawaru–Yareba |
Iso3: | nwr |
Glotto: | nawa1258 |
Glottorefname: | Nawaru |
Nawaru, or Sirio, is a Papuan language. It is spoken in the village of Sibia (-9.4371°N 148.3008°W) in Namudi ward, Safia Rural LLG, Ijivitari District, Oro Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea.[1]
Nawaru is described by Ethnologue as "very similar" to Yareba.