Abaga language

Abaga
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEastern Highlands Province
Ethnicity1,000 (2017)[1]
Native speakers
600 (2017)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3abg
Glottologabag1245
ELPAbaga
Abaga is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Abaga (or Wagama) is a nearly extinct Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea. It appears to be related to Kamono and Yagaria.

The classification of Abaga is disputed. It may actually be a Kamano-Yagaria language, and not a Finisterre-Huon language with heavy influence as proposed before.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Abaga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Tupper, Ian. 2007. Endangered Languages Listing: Abaga [abg]. http://www.pnglanguages.org/pacific/png/show_lang_entry.asp?id=abg Archived 2014-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
Abaga language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator


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