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Nawaru language

Nawaru (ISO 639-3 code nwr) is a language of the Yareban family spoken in Papua New Guinea. It has about 190 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as endangered.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codenwr
Glottocodenawa1258
FamilyYareban
AreaPapunesia
CountriesPapua New Guinea
Speakers (estimate)190
EndangermentEndangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

More about Nawaru

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.