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Oweina language

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Oweina
Waisara
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEastern Highlands Province
Native speakers
640 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3wsr
Glottologowen1244

Oweina (Owena, often misspelled "Owenia"),[2] or Waisara, after the two villages in which it is spoken, is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.

References

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  1. ^ Oweina at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Tryon & Hackman (1983) Solomon Islands Languages: An Internal Classification