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Umanakaina language

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Papuan language of New Guinea

Umanakaina
Gwedena
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	(2,400 cited 1987)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Dagan Umanakaina
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`gdn`
Glottolog	`uman1240`

Umanakaina, orGwedena, is aPapuan language ofNew Guinea. It is a rather divergent member of theDagan family.

Anonymous. 1914. Vocabularies of languages spoken by the people of the Gwoiru mountains, and the Kanamara people on the main range and from Paiwa, Goodenough Bay, N. E. D.Papua Annual Report 1913–1914: 184–184.
Ray, Sidney H. 1938. The languages of the Eastern and South-Eastern Division of Papua.Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 68: 153–208. (Also includes word lists ofDima and other languages)

Paradisec has a collection of materials from Tom Dutton (TD1) that include Umanakaina language materials.

v t e Southeast Papuan languages
Koiarian	Grass Koiari Mountain Koiari Koitabu Barai Namiae Ese Ömie
Kwalean	Humene Uare Mulaha
Manubaran	Doromu Maria
Yareban	Moikodi Aneme Wake Bariji Nawaru Yareba
Mailuan	Bauwaki Domu Binahari Morawa Mailu Laua †
Dagan	Daga Mapena Maiwa Dima Ginuman Kanasi Onjob Umanakaina Turaka

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