Kanasi language

Kanasi
Sona
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	2,200 (1998)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Dagan Kanasi–Ginuman? Kanasi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`soq`
Glottolog	`kana1288`^[2]

Kanasi (or Sona) is the easternmost Papuan language of New Guinea.

References

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

Southeast Papuan languages

Koiarian	Grass Koiari Mountain Koiari Koitabu Barai Namiae Ese Ömie

Kwalean	Humene Uare Mulaha

Manubaran	Doromu Maria

Yareban	Moikodi Aneme Wake Bariji Nawaru Yareba

Mailuan	Bauwaki Domu Binahari Morawa Mailu Laua

Dagan	Daga Mapena Maiwa Dima Ginuman Kanasi Onjob Umanakaina Turaka.

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