Sewa Bay language explained

Sewa Bay
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Milne Bay Province
Speakers:1,520
Date:1972 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Western Oceanic
Fam5:Papuan Tip
Fam6:Nuclear Papuan Tip
Fam7:North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux
Fam8:Dobu–Duau
Iso3:sew
Glotto:sewa1251
Glottorefname:Sewa Bay

Sewa Bay, or Duau Pwata, is a dialectically diverse Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. Its dialects are Miadeba, Bwakera, Maiabare, Darubia, Sewataitai, Sibonai and Central Sewa Bay.[1] It is spoken in Milne Bay province: center of Normanby island, Sewa Bay area.

Notes and References

  1. [ethnologue:sew|Sewa Bay]