Dawawa
A language of Papua New Guinea
| Population | 2,500 (1994 SIL). 20% monolingual. |
| Region | Milne Bay Province, Rabaraba District, west and inland from Wedau. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 773 |
| Alternate names | Dawana |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 58% with Kakabai. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Kakabai |
| Language use | Home, village. Also use Wedau [wed], Motu [meu], or English. |
| Language development | NT: 2002. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
KNAUBER, Martin, author. 2001. Dawawa Organised Phonology Data.
Ethnologue: Web |
Ethnologue: Print |
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