Sewa Bay
Facts
- Language: Sewa Bay
- Alternate names: Duau Pwata
- Language code: sew
- 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, Dobu-Duau linkage
- Number of speakers: 1520
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Sewa Bay is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Milne Bay Province, center of Normanby island, Sewa Bay area.
Dialects
Bwakera, Central Sewa Bay, Darubia, Maiabare, Miadeba, Sewataitai, Sibonai. Very diverse dialects. Lexical similarity: 45% with Dobu (See: Dobu) (most similar).
The Sewa Bay Verb
Verblist
- abui -- to lie down
- ai -- to eat
- dune -- to see
- tauyama -- to come
- taya -- to walk
- toolo -- to stand
- towa -- to sit