Kwanga language

Not to be confused with Kwanga language (Bantu).

"Kwanga" redirects here. For the food made from cassava root, see, see Cassava-based dishes.

Kwanga (Gawanga) is a Sepik language spoken in Gawanga Rural LLG of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.^[2][3]

Kwanga
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	East Sepik Province and Sandaun Province
Native speakers	10,000 (2001)[1]
Language family	Sepik Middle Sepik Nukuma Kwanga
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kwj
Glottolog	kwan1278
ELP	Kwanga

Classification

There are two main dialects, and five subdialects. The 14th (2000) edition of Ethnologue classified Apos, Bongos, Wasambu, and Yubanakor as distinct languages, and assigned them the ISO codes apo, bxy, wsm, and yuo, respectively. They have since been subsumed under Kwanga.

Dialects are:

• Apos (3.669176°S 142.805008°E / -3.669176; 142.805008 (Apos))
• Bongos (Bongomaise, Bongomamsi, Kambaminchi, Nambi) (3.736685°S 142.658084°E / -3.736685; 142.658084 (Bongos), 3.803884°S 142.649997°E / -3.803884; 142.649997 (Bongomasi))
• Tau (Kubiwat, Mangamba, Nambes) (3.670041°S 142.722921°E / -3.670041; 142.722921 (Tau 1), 3.65948°S 142.678695°E / -3.65948; 142.678695 (Kubriwat 1))
• Wasambu (3.758898°S 142.695393°E / -3.758898; 142.695393 (Wasambu))
• Yubanakor (Daina) (3.72789°S 142.877836°E / -3.72789; 142.877836 (Yumbanakor 1), 3.73855°S 142.875091°E / -3.73855; 142.875091 (Yumbanakor 2), 3.78335°S 142.765707°E / -3.78335; 142.765707 (Daina))