Juwal language

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Juwal a.k.a. Muniwara is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Other names are Mambe and Tumara ~ Tumaru. It is spoken in Mambe (3°44′32″S 143°42′39″E / 3.742098°S 143.710721°E / -3.742098; 143.710721 (Mambe)) and Tumeru (3°44′06″S 143°42′55″E / 3.734925°S 143.715238°E / -3.734925; 143.715238 (Tumeru 1)) villages of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[1][2]

Juwal
Muniwara
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Ethnicity1,400 (2000 census)[1]
Native speakers
700 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mwb
Glottologjuwa1238
ELPMuniwara

References

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  1. ^ a b c Juwal at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.