Siawi language

Siawi
Musan
Siafli
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province: Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea in Amanab and Rocky Peak Districts, south of the Upper Sepik River, toward the headwaters of the Left May River on the Samaia River east of Amto
Native speakers
220 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mmp
Glottologsiaw1243
ELPSiawi
Coordinates: 4°03′47″S 141°25′16″E / 4.062998°S 141.421181°E / -4.062998; 141.421181 (Seiawi)

Siawi, also known as Musan, is one of two Amto–Musan (Samaia River) languages. It is spoken in Siawi village (4°03′47″S 141°25′16″E / 4.062998°S 141.421181°E / -4.062998; 141.421181 (Seiawi)), Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.[1][2]

The name "Siawi" is misspelling of the endonym, Siafli, used on government maps. The old name for the language, "Musan", is a clan name.[3]

Grammar

Siawi has postpositions and SV basic word order.There is a clause final polar interrogative particle.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Siawi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. ^ "2007-176 | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  4. ^ Krieg, Linda (2005), Siawi grammar writeup


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