Sepik Iwam language

Sepik Iwam
Yawenian
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
2,500 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3iws
Glottologsepi1255
ELPSepik Iwam
Coordinates: 4°17′28″S 142°00′36″E / 4.291°S 142.01°E / -4.291; 142.01 (Iniok)
Hauna pidgin
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
None
Iwam-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologhaun1238

Sepik Iwam, or Yawenian, is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is the lexical basis of the Hauna trade pidgin.

It is spoken in villages such as Iniok (4°17′28″S 142°00′36″E / 4.291°S 142.01°E / -4.291; 142.01 (Iniok)) in Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG of East Sepik Province.[2][3]

  1. ^ Sepik Iwam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.