Siane language

Siane
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Chimbu Province, Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers	29,000 (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Goroka Siane
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`snp`
Glottolog	`sian1257`^[2]

Siane (Siani) is a Papuan language spoken in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Named dialects are Hakoa, Kolepa, Yamofowe, Komongu, Komoigaleka, Kemanimowe, Ona, Keto, Laiya, Fowe, Olumba, Lambau, Alango, Yandime, Wando. Komongu and Lambau are the literary standards.

References

↑ Siane at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Siane". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Kainantu–Goroka languages

Goroka

Gahuku	Alekano Dano Tokano

Kamono–Yagaria	Abaga Inoke-Yate Kamono Kanite Ke’yagana Yagaria

Others	Benabena Fore Gende Gimi Isabi Siane Yaweyuha

Kainantu

Tairora	Binumarien Kambaira Tairoa Waffa

Gauwa	Agarabi Awa Awiyaana Gadsup Kosena Ontenu Oweina Usarufa

Other	Kenati

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