Haruai
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A language of Papua New Guinea
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Harway, Taman, Waibuk, Wiyau, Wiyaw, Wovan
Autonym
Haruai
Population
2,000 (2000 SIL). Many monolinguals.
Location
Madang province: southwest Mid-Ramu district, west Schrader range, west of the Kobon [kpw] language area.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Dialects
Typology
SOV; postpositions (few); genitives precede noun heads; possessives, adjectives, numerals, relative clauses follow noun heads; postclitic demonstratives; suffixes; V, CV, VC, CVC.
Language Use
Language Development
NT: 2010.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Some similarities to Kalam languages due to borrowing (Comrie 1988). More loanwords from Kobon used in the northern area.