Waskia | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: wsk
Alternate Names: Vaskia, Woskia
Autonym: Waskia
Population: 20,000 (2007 SIL).
Location:: Madang province: Madang district, northern half of Karkar island.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Trans-New Guinea, Madang, South Adelbert, Kowan
Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar to Amako [koz].
Language Use: Vigorous. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Ross 2004a). Used as L2 by Matukar Panau [mjk].
Language Development: Dictionary. NT: 1985–2014.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Waskia
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Madang province: Madang district, northern half of Karkar island.