Abaga (or Wagama) is a nearly extinct
Trans–New Guinea language of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. It appears to be related to
Kamono and Yagaria.
The classification of Abaga is disputed. It may actually be a Kamano-Yagaria language, and not a
Finisterre-Huon language with heavy influence as proposed before.
[Tupper, Ian. 2007. Endangered Languages Listing: Abaga bg http://www.pnglanguages.org/pacific/png/show_lang_entry.asp?id=abg ]
References
Critically endangered languages
Languages of Eastern Highlands Province
Endangered Papuan languages
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