Wasembo, also known as ''Biapim'', ''Gusap'', and ''Yankowan'', is a
Madang language
The Madang or Madang–Adelbert Range languages are a language family of Papua New Guinea. They were classified as a branch of Trans–New Guinea by Stephen Wurm, followed by Malcolm Ross. William A. Foley concurs that it is "highly likely" t ...
spoken in
Madang Province,
Papua New Guinea. Usher classifies it as being closest to the
Yaganon languages
The Yaganon languages are a small family of closely related languages in New Guinea. They were linked with the Rai Coast languages in 1951 by Arthur Capell in his Madang family, but separated out again by Timothy Usher. The family is named aft ...
.
References
External links
Rosetta Project: Wasembo Swadesh list
East Madang languages
Languages of Madang Province
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