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Waskia (Vaskia, Woskia) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken on half of Karkar Island, and a small part of the shore on the mainland, by 20,000 people; language use is vigorous. The Waskia share their island with speakers of Takia, an Oceanic language which has been restructured under the influence of Waskia, which is the inter-community language. Waskia has been documented extensively by Malcolm Ross and is being further researched by Andrew Pick.

Waskia
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	20,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Madang Croisilles Isumrud Kowan Waskia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wsk
Glottolog	wask1241

Waskia is spoken in Tokain (4.715575°S 145.633995°E / -4.715575; 145.633995 (Tokain)), a village in Malas ward, Sumgilbar Rural LLG on the coast of mainland New Guinea, and on Karkar Island, with the island and mainland varieties being lexically divergent from each other.[2][3]

References

Further reading

• Ross, Malcolm D.; John Natu Paol (1978). A Waskia grammar sketch and vocabulary. Canberra: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-174-2. OCLC 4524381.

На других языках

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- [en] Waskia language

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[fr] Waskia

Le waskia est une langue papoue parlée en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, dans la province de Madang, essentiellement sur l'île de Karkar.

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[ru] Васкиа

Васкиа (Vaskia, Woskia) — папуасский язык, на котором говорят на острове Каркар округа Маданг провинции Маданг в Папуа — Новой Гвинее. Васкиа делят свой остров с носителями языка такиа и океанийскими языками, которые были заново реконструированы под влиянием васкиа, который является языком совместного владения. Язык васкиа также похож на язык корак.

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