Wagawaga language (New Guinea)

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

{{distinguish|Wagawaga language (Australia)}}

{{One source|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Wagawaga

|altname=

|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.

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