Alternate Names: Lower Waria, Tsia, Ziya
Dialects: Mawae, Zia. Lexical similarity: 68% with Yekora , (most similar).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,500 (2000 SIL). 3,000 Zia (1991 SIL), 940 Mawae dialect. Ethnic population: 4,550.
Language Use: Used as L2 by Binandere [bhg], Yekora [ykr].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. NT: 1982.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea