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Waskia (Vaskia, Woskia) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken on half of Karkar Island, and a small part of the shore on the mainland, by 20,000 people; language use is vigorous. The Waskia share their island with speakers of Takia language, an Oceanic language which has been Metatypy under the influence of Waskia, which is the inter-community language. Waskia has been documented extensively by Malcolm Ross and is being further researched by Andrew Pick.
Waskia is spoken in Tokain (), a village in Malas ward, Sumgilbar Rural LLG on the coast of mainland New Guinea, and on Karkar Island, with the island and mainland varieties being lexically divergent from each other.
| *baram |
| *buruk |
| *bug- |
| *barat |
| *guaŋ |
| *gurum |
| *gemaŋ |
| *girik- |
| *kidar |
| *kudi |
| *kapur |
| *kam |
| *kumaŋ |
| *tabir |
| *te |
| *t(e/i)ik |
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