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Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua.

Sowanda
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Sandaun Province; Papua province, Indonesia
Native speakers	1,500 (2000–2003)[1]
Language family	Border Bewani Range Bapi River Sowanda
Dialects	Waina Punda Umeda
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: sow – Sowanda upi – Umeda
Glottolog	sowa1245  Sowanda umed1238  Umeda-Punda
ELP	Sowanda

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Dialects

There are three divergent varieties, Waina, Punda and Umeda, which may be distinct languages. They are each spoken in three different villages of Walsa Rural LLG in Sandaun Province:[2][3]

• Waina village (3.418333°S 141.050496°E / -3.418333; 141.050496 (Waina)), located in Waina ward
• Punda village (3.427183°S 141.110275°E / -3.427183; 141.110275 (Punda)), located in Punda ward
• Umeda village (3.413694°S 141.094886°E / -3.413694; 141.094886 (Umeda)), located in Punda ward

References

Wiktionary has word lists at Appendix:Pauwasi word lists

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