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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Gwahatike

Gwahatike

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3dah

Population  1,570 (2003 SIL).
Region  Madang Province, Saidor District, several villages south of Saidor.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 11, reference number 491
Alternate names   Dahating, Gwatike
Dialects  Gwahatike, Gwahamere, Gora, Gwapti. Related to Asaro’o [mtv], Muratayak [asx], Bulgebi [bmp], Degenan [dge], Forak [frq], Guya [gka], Yagomi [ygm].
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Finisterre, Warup
Language use  All also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 70%. NT: 1999.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  SOV. Swidden agriculturalists. Christian, traditional religion, cargo cult.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

PRICE, Dorothy, author. n.d.. Guahatike Organised Phonology Data.  Available online