Waris language

Waris
RegionSandaun Province, Papua New Guinea;
Waris District, Keerom Regency, Papua province, Indonesia
Native speakers
2,500 (2008)[1]
Border
  • Bewani Range
    • Bapi River
      • Waris
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3wrs
Glottologwari1266
ELPWaris
Coordinates: 3°17′41″S 141°04′23″E / 3.294675°S 141.073027°E / -3.294675; 141.073027 (Wasengla Catholic Mission)
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Waris or Walsa is a Papuan language of northern New Guinea. There are about 2,500 native speakers. It uses the Latin writing system. The language features monophthong, diphthong, and triphthong vowels.

  1. ^ Waris at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon