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(Redirected from Yega language) Binanderean language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Ewage
Notu
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionOro Province
Native speakers12,000 (2015)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea
Dialects
  • Ewage-Notu
  • Yega (Gona, Okeina, Okena)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nou
Glottologewag1241

Ewage, also known as Notu, is a Papuan language spoken in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea. Preference for the name depends on the region. Its two dialects are Sose/Sohe (Western Plains Orokaiva) and Ifane/Ihane (Eastern Plains Orokaiva) (Smallhorn 2011:47).

References

  1. Ewage at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  • Smallhorn, Jacinta Mary. 2011. The Binanderean languages of Papua New Guinea: reconstruction and subgrouping. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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

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