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

Doga

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: dgg

Population  200 (2000 S. Wurm). Ethnic population: 330.
Region  Milne Bay Province, Cape Vogel north coast.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 779
Alternate names   Magabara
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 7%–55% with Are [mwc] (most similar).
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Are-Taupota, Are
Language use  Also use English, Anuki [aui], or Dima [jma].
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: most young people.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Landweer, Martha Lynn. 2006. A Melanesian perspective on mechanisms of language maintenance and shift: case studies from Papua New Guinea.