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Duau

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: dva

Population  3,550 (1991 SIL). 20% monolingual.
Region  Milne Bay Province, Sawabwala, Normanby islands.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 793
Dialects  Mwalukwasia, Somwadina, Guleguleu (Guragureu), Dawada, Siausi. Diverse dialects. No central or dominant dialect. Lexical similarity: 75% with Bunama [bdd], 52% with Mwatebu [mwa], Auhelawa [kud], and Bwanabwana [tte].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Dobu-Duau
Language use  Trade language. Also use Dobu [dob].
Language development  Many schools, but low literacy rate.
Comments  Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. Available: 2006; Created: 2004-08-14. Organised phonology data: Duau (Duwau) language [dua].  Available online

LISTER, Ronah; NAGAI, Yasuko, authors. 2004. "Bridging between vernacular and English: the Maiwala teacher's experience."  Available online