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(Redirected from Owena language) Kainantu language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Oweina
Waisara
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEastern Highlands Province
Native speakers(640 cited 2000)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3wsr
Glottologowen1244

Oweina (Owena, often misspelled "Owenia"), or Waisara, after the two villages in which it is spoken, is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Oweina at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Tryon & Hackman (1983) Solomon Islands Languages: An Internal Classification
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