Waskia language
Waskia (Vaskia, Woskia) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken on half of Karkar Island, and a small part of the shore on the mainland, by 20,000 people; language use is vigorous. The Waskia share their island with speakers of Takia, an Oceanic language which has been restructured under the influence of Waskia, which is the inter-community language. Waskia has been documented extensively by Malcolm Ross and is being further researched by Andrew Pick.
| Waskia | |
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| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2007) |
Trans–New Guinea?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wsk |
| Glottolog | wask1241 |
Waskia is spoken in Tokain (4.715575°S 145.633995°E), a village in Malas ward, Sumgilbar Rural LLG on the coast of mainland New Guinea, and on Karkar Island, with the island and mainland varieties being lexically divergent from each other.
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