Umanakaina
PrintA language of Papua New Guinea
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Gvede, Gweda, Gwede, Gwedena, Umanikaina
Population
2,400 (1987 SIL).
Location
Milne Bay Province, Rabaraba district, Goodenough Bay coast, inland between Mount Gwoira and Mount Simpson.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Dialects
East Umanakaina, Upper Ugu River. At least 2 dialects. Lexical similarity: 23% with Ginuman [gnm] (most similar).
Typology
SOV
Language Use
Some also use English [eng].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 1999.
Writing
Latin script.