It was spoken in Botawa village of Waropen Bawah Subdistrict in
Waropen Regency.
Woria is also spoken in Botawa village.[2]
It shared half of its basic vocabulary with the
Rasawa language, but it is not clear that they were related. Saponi shared none of its pronouns with the
Lakes Plain family that Rasawa is part of; indeed its basic pronouns mamire "I, we" and ba "thou" are reminiscent of
proto–East Bird's Head *meme "we" and *ba "thou".