Siawi_language

Siawi language

Siawi language

Arai–Samaia language of Papua New Guinea

Siawi, also known as Musan, is one of two Amto–Musan (Samaia River) languages. It is spoken in Siawi village (4.062998°S 141.421181°E / -4.062998; 141.421181 (Seiawi)), Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.[1][2]

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The name "Siawi" is misspelling of the endonym, Siafli, used on government maps. The old name for the language, "Musan", is a clan name.[3]

Grammar

Siawi has postpositions and SV basic word order.There is a clause final polar interrogative particle.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Siawi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. [3]
    "2007-176 | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  4. [4]
    Krieg, Linda (2005), Siawi grammar writeup


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