| Kaninuwa | |
| Also Known As: | Wataluma |
| Nativename: | Kaokao |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Goodenough Island |
| Speakers: | 360 |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Western |
| Fam5: | Papuan Tip |
| Fam6: | Kilivila – |
| Fam7: | Are–Taupota |
| Fam8: | Are |
| Iso3: | wat |
| Glotto: | kani1281 |
| Glottorefname: | Kaninuwa |
Kaninuwa, or Wataluma, is a major Oceanic language of Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea.
Kaninuwa has 23 letters (A/a, B/b, Bw/bw, D/d, E/e, F/f, Fw/fw, G/g, Gw/gw, Ḡ/ḡ, I/i, K/k, Kw/kw, M/m, Mw/mw, N/n, O/o, S/s, T/t, U/u, V/v, W/w, Y/y).