| Duna | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Southern Highlands - Hela Province: Koroba-Kopiago District, east from the Strickland River; Enga Province: Paiela-Hewa Rural LLG |
| Ethnicity | Duna |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2002)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | duc |
| Glottolog | duna1248 |
 Map: The Duna–Pogaya languages of New Guinea
The Duna–Pogaya languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
Duna (also known as Yuna) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It may belong to the Trans New Guinea language family and is often further classified as a Duna-Pogaya language, for Bogaya appears to be Duna's closest relative, as evidenced by the similar development of the personal pronouns.[2] Estimates for number of speakers range from 11,000 (1991)[3] to 25,000 (2002).[note 1]
- ^ San Roque, Lila (2008). An introduction to Duna grammar (Ph.D). Australian National University.
- ^ Ross, M. (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Pawley, A.; Atternborough, R.; Golson, J.; Hide, R. (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic, and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics: Australian National University. pp. 15–65.
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig, eds. (2015). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (18th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
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