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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Katiati

Population

3,290 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Location

Madang Province.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 6

Papua New Guinea, Map 7

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Trans-New Guinea, Madang, South Adelbert Range, Josephstaal, Sikan

Dialects

Related to Sileibi [sbq].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 2002.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Mum

Writing

Latin script.