Saponi language

Saponi is an extinct Papuan language of Indonesia.^[2]

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Saponi
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Western New Guinea
Native speakers	(4 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	unclassified (lexically Lakes Plain, grammatically East Bird's Head)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	spi
Glottolog	sapo1254
ELP	Saponi
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Coordinates: 2.50°S 139.50°E / -2.50; 139.50

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It was spoken in Botawa village of Waropen Bawah Subdistrict in Waropen Regency. Woria is also spoken in Botawa village.^[3]

It shared half of its basic vocabulary with the Rasawa language, but it is not clear that they were related. Saponi shared none of its pronouns with the Lakes Plain family that Rasawa is part of; indeed its basic pronouns mamire "I, we" and ba "thou" are reminiscent of proto–East Bird's Head *meme "we" and *ba "thou".