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.
References
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External links
- Paradisec has a collection of Arthur Capell's materials ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC2 AC2]) which includes Yaleba language materials
{{Papuan Tip languages}}
{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
Category:Nuclear Papuan Tip languages
Category:Languages of Milne Bay Province
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