Wahgi language

Wahgi
Wahgi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Western Highlands Province
Native speakers	(86,000 cited 1999)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Chimbu–Wahgi Wahgi languages Wahgi; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; wgi – Mid-Wahgi; whg – North Wahgi
Glottolog	nucl1620 Nuclear Wahgi; nort2921 North Wahgi

Wahgi is a Trans–New Guinea language of the Chimbu–Wahgi branch spoken by approximately 100,000 people in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Like other Chimbu languages, Wahgi has some unusual lateral consonants.

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