Saponi is an extinct Papuan language of Indonesia.[1]
| Saponi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Western New Guinea |
| Extinct | moribund by 2000[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | spi |
| Glottolog | sapo1254 |
| ELP | Saponi |
  Saponi  Saponi | |
| Coordinates: 2°30′S 139°30′E / 2.50°S 139.50°E | |
It was spoken in Botawa village of Waropen Bawah Subdistrict in Waropen Regency. Woria is also spoken in Botawa village.[2]
It shared half of its basic vocabulary with the Rasawa language, but it is not clear that they were related. Saponi shared none of its pronouns with the Lakes Plain family that Rasawa is part of; indeed its basic pronouns mamire "I, we" and ba "thou" are reminiscent of proto–East Bird's Head *meme "we" and *ba "thou".
References
edit- ^ a b Saponi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
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