Siawi
A language of Papua New Guinea
| Population | 220 (2007 NTM), increasing. |
| Region | Sandaun Province, between Amto and Ama near the Papua, Indonesia border. 1 village. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 5, reference number 194 |
| Alternate names | Musa, Musan, Musian, Siafli, Siwai |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 29% with Amto [amt]. Amto and Siawi 3% lexical similarity with Odiai [bhf]. Both average 7% lexical similarity with Left May languages. |
| Classification | Amto-Musan |
| Language use | All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Amto or Tok Pisin [tpi]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Most children are literate. Bible portions: 1992–1998. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Acculturating rapidly. SOV; postpositions, genitives before noun heads; adjectives after noun heads; relatives without noun heads; question word final; maximum prefixes: 1, maximum suffixes: 3, causatives; comparatives; CV, CVV, CVVV, CCV, CCCV; nontonal. Hunters. Traditional religion, Christian. |
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