Kaninuwa language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Kaninuwa

|altname=Wataluma

|nativename={{lang|wat|Kaokao}}

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Goodenough Island

|ethnicity=

|speakers=360

|date=2001

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western

|fam5=Papuan Tip

|fam6=Kilivila – {{nowrap|Nuclear Papuan Tip}}

|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.