Wahgi language

Wahgi language
Wahgi
Mid-Wahgi
Spoken in Papua New Guinea
Region Western Highlands Province
Native speakers 39,000  (1999)
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wgi

Wahgi or Mid-Wahgi is a Trans–New Guinea language of the Chimbu–Wahgi branch spoken by approximately 39,000 people in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ethnologue report for Wahgi



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