Motuna language

Motuna
Siwai, Siuai
Motuna
RegionBougainville
Native speakers
(7,000 cited 1970)
South Bougainville
  • Buinic
    • Motuna
Dialects
  • Baitsi (Sigisigero)
  • Mokuta
  • Pouko
Language codes
ISO 639-3siw
Glottologsiwa1245

Motuna, or Siwai, is a Papuan language of Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken primarily in Siwai Rural LLG. The current number of speakers is difficult to estimate since the latest figure (6,000 + 600) is from the 1970 census. :115