Zia

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Lower Waria, Tsia, Ziya

Population

4,500 (2000 SIL). 3,000 Zia (1991 SIL), 940 Mawae dialect. Ethnic population: 4,550.

Location

Morobe Province, Lae district near Waria river mouth.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Mawae, Zia. Lexical similarity: 68% with Yekora [ykr] (most similar).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. NT: 1982.

Writing

Latin script.