Sowanda language

Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua.

Sowanda
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Sandaun Province; Papua province, Indonesia
Native speakers	(1,500 cited 2000–2003)[1]
Language family	Border Bewani Range Bapi River Sowanda
Dialects	Waina Punda Umeda
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: sow – Sowanda upi – Umeda
Glottolog	sowa1245  Sowanda umed1238  Umeda-Punda
ELP	Sowanda

Dialects

There are three divergent varieties, Waina, Punda and Umeda, which may be distinct languages. They are each spoken in three different villages of Walsa Rural LLG in Sandaun Province:^[2][3]

• Waina village (3.418333°S 141.050496°E / -3.418333; 141.050496 (Waina)), located in Waina ward
• Punda village (3.427183°S 141.110275°E / -3.427183; 141.110275 (Punda)), located in Punda ward
• Umeda village (3.413694°S 141.094886°E / -3.413694; 141.094886 (Umeda)), located in Punda ward