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Kaninuwa
Kaninuwa
Wataluma
Kaokao
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Goodenough Island
Native speakers	360 (2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Papuan Tip Kilivila – Nuclear Papuan Tip Are–Taupota Are Kaninuwa; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wat
Glottolog	kani1281
ELP	Kaninuwa

Kaninuwa, or Wataluma, is a major Oceanic language of Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea.

Alphabet edit

Kaninuwa has 23 letters (A/a, B/b, Bw/bw, D/d, E/e, F/f, Fw/fw, G/g, Gw/gw, Ḡ/ḡ, I/i, K/k, Kw/kw, M/m, Mw/mw, N/n, O/o, S/s, T/t, U/u, V/v, W/w, Y/y).

References edit

^ Kaninuwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links edit

Alphabet and pronunciation

[e18-1] Kaninuwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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Kaninuwa
Wataluma
Kaokao
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Goodenough Island
Native speakers	360 (2001)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Papuan Tip Kilivila – Nuclear Papuan Tip Are–Taupota Are Kaninuwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`wat`
Glottolog	`kani1281`
ELP	Kaninuwa

Summary

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