Misplaced Pages

Upper Morehead language

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Wára language) Language of Papua New Guinea "Upper Morehead" can also refer to the related Arammba language
Upper Morehead
Wára
RegionWestern Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers350 Wára proper (2018)
930 Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (2018)
Language familyTrans-Fly – Bulaka River?
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3tci
Glottologwara1294

Upper Morehead, also known as Wára, is a Papuan language of New Guinea. Varieties are Wára (Vara), Kómnjo (Rouku), Anta, and Wèré (Wärä); these are divergent enough to sometimes be listed as distinct languages.

References

  1. ^ Upper Morehead at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
Yam languages
Tonda
Nambu
Other
Languages of Papua New Guinea
Official languages
Major Indigenous
languages
Other Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages

This Papuan languages–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: