Gapapaiwa

Facts

  • Language: Gapapaiwa
  • Alternate names: Gapa, Manape, Paiwa
  • Language code: pwg
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Papuan Tip linkage, Nuclear Papuan Tip linkage, North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux linkage, Are-Taupota linkage, Are linkage, Boanaki-Paiwa
  • Number of speakers: 3000
  • Script:

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    Introduction

    Gapapaiwa is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Milne Bay Province, Makamaka district, Cape Vogel south coast, inland on Ruaba river.

    Dialects

    East Gapa, West Paiwa. Lexical similarity: 73% with Ghayavi (See: Ghayavi?) (Boanaki dialect most similar).

    The Gapapaiwa Verb

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