Umanakaina language

Umanakaina
Gwedena
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	(2,400 cited 1987)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Dagan Umanakaina
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`gdn`
Glottolog	`uman1240`^[2]

Umanakaina, or Gwedena, is a Papuan language of New Guinea. It is a rather divergent member of the Dagan family.

References

↑ Umanakaina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Umanakaina". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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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