Dawawa

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
dww
Alternate Names
Dawana
Population

2,500 (1994 SIL). 20% monolingual.

Location

Milne Bay Province, Rabaraba district, west and inland from Wedau.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Kakabai
Dialects

Lexical similarity: 58% with Kakabai [kqf].

Language Use

Home, village. Also use Wedau [wed], Motu [meu], or English [eng].

Language Development
NT: 2002.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dawawa
Writing
Latin script.