Wampar language

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Name (Latin)
Wampar language
Other forms of name
Laewamba language
Laewomba language
Laiwomba language
See Also From tracing topical name
Melanesian languages
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Papua New Guinea
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q7966946
Library of congress: sh2001004346
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Fischer, H. Wörter und Wandel, c2000:p. 1-13 (about the Wampar people and their language)
  • Ethnologue:p. 795 (Wampar; variants, Laewomba, Laewamba, Laiwomba; an Austronesian language)

Wikipedia description:

Wampar (Dzob Wampar) is an Austronesian language of Wampar Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the 8 villages (wards) of Dzifasin (6.588454°S 146.579374°E / -6.588454; 146.579374 (Chivasing)), Tararan (6.543318°S 146.553226°E / -6.543318; 146.553226 (Tararan)), Gabsongkeg (6.584546°S 146.757023°E / -6.584546; 146.757023 (Gapsongkeg)), Ngasowapum (6.575056°S 146.822698°E / -6.575056; 146.822698 (Nasuapum)), Munun (6.573319°S 146.849903°E / -6.573319; 146.849903 (Munum)), Mare (6.658412°S 146.682269°E / -6.658412; 146.682269 (Mare)), Gabandzidz (6.724186°S 146.769987°E / -6.724186; 146.769987 (Gabensis)), and Wamped (6.741034°S 146.670007°E / -6.741034; 146.670007 (Wampit)).

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