Wagawaga language (New Guinea) should not be confused with Wagawaga language (Australia).
Wagawaga | |
Region: | Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea |
Speakers: | 1,900 |
Date: | 2000 census –2005 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Austronesian |
Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
Fam3: | Oceanic |
Fam4: | Western |
Fam5: | Papuan Tip |
Fam6: | Nuclear |
Fam7: | Suauic |
Lc1: | ylb |
Ld1: | Yaleba (Gamadoudou) |
Lc2: | wgb |
Ld2: | Wagawaga (Baeaula) |
Glotto: | waga1262 |
Glottorefname: | Wagawaga (Retired) |
Wagawaga is an Oceanic language spoken on the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea. The Gamadoudou, Soma’a, and Sileba dialects may be a separate language, Yaleba.