Sowanda language explained

Sowanda
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	Sandaun Province Papua province, Indonesia
Date:	2000–2003
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Border
Fam2:	Bewani Range
Fam3:	Bapi River
Dia1:	Waina
Dia2:	Punda
Dia3:	Umeda
Lc1:	sow
Ld1:	Sowanda
Lc2:	upi
Ld2:	Umeda
Glotto:	sowa1245
Glottoname:	Sowanda
Glotto2:	umed1238
Glottoname2:	Umeda-Punda

Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua.

Dialects

There are three divergent varieties, Waina, Punda and Umeda, which may be distinct languages. They are each spoken in three different villages of Walsa Rural LLG in Sandaun Province:^{[1] [2]}

• Waina village (-3.4183°N 141.0505°W), located in Waina ward
• Punda village (-3.4272°N 141.1103°W), located in Punda ward
• Umeda village (-3.4137°N 141.0949°W), located in Punda ward

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.