Oweina language

{{Short description|Kainantu language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Oweina

|nativename=Waisara

|region=Eastern Highlands Province

|states=Papua New Guinea

|speakers=640

|date=2000

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea

|fam2=Kainantu–Goroka

|fam3=Kainantu

|fam4=Gauwa

|iso3=wsr

|glotto=owen1244

|glottorefname=Oweina

}}

Oweina (Owena, often misspelled "Owenia"),Tryon & Hackman (1983) Solomon Islands Languages: An Internal Classification or Waisara, after the two villages in which it is spoken, is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.