Waskia

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
wsk
Alternate Names
Vaskia, Woskia
Autonym
Waskia
User Population

20,000 (2007 SIL).

Location

Madang province: Madang district, northern half of Karkar island.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Madang, Croisilles, Kowan
Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar to Amako [koz].

Language Use

Vigorous. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Ross 2004a). Used as L2 by Matukar Panau [mjk].

Language Development

Dictionary. NT: 1985–2014.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Waskia
Writing

Latin script [Latn].