Nawaru | |
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Sirio | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Oro Province |
Native speakers | (190 cited 1990) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
nwr |
Glottolog |
nawa1258 |
ELP | Nawaru |
Nawaru, or Sirio, is a Papuan language. It is spoken in the village of Sibia ( 9°26′14″S 148°18′03″E / 9.437132°S 148.30083°E) in Namudi ward, Safia Rural LLG, Ijivitari District, Oro Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea. [1] [2]
Nawaru is described by Ethnologue as "very similar" to Yareba. [1]