| Sewa Bay | |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Milne Bay Province |
Native speakers | (1,520 cited 1972 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sew |
| Glottolog | sewa1251 |
Sewa Bay, or Duau Pwata, is a dialectically diverse Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. Its dialects are Miadeba, Bwakera, Maiabare, Darubia, Sewataitai, Sibonai and Central Sewa Bay.[2] It is spoken in Milne Bay province: center of Normanby island, Sewa Bay area.
References
- ↑ Sewa Bay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Sewa Bay at Ethnologue.
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