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Name: Chuave
Type: Language
Alternate Name: Tjuave
Spoken in: Papua New Guinea
Number of speakers: 23,100 (Wurm and Hattori 1981). 4,290 Sua (1962 Wurm) (Ethnologue)
Code: cjv
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Trans-New Guinea, Border (Border Trans-New Guinea), Marind, Morehead and Upper Maro Rivers, Teberan-Pawaian, Eleman
Parent Subgroup: Chimbu (chim)
Child Dialects: Sua (cjv-sua) Kebai; Kepai (cjv-keb) Gomia (cjv-gom) Elimbari (cjv-eli) Chuave; Chuave Proper (cjv-chu)

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