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Preferred term

wskWaskia  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • 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, and Oceanic language which has been restructured under the influence of Waskia, which is the inter-community language.

Entry terms

  • Waskia language

ISO 639-3 code

  • wsk

Notation

  • wsk

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/wsk

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