| Population |
2,740 (1979 census). |
| Region |
Morobe Province, Mumeng District, including Yanta. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 15, reference number 687
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| Dialects |
Yanta. In Mumeng language chain. Some intelligibility with Patep [ptp]. |
| Classification |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, South, Hote-Buang, Buang, Mumeng |
| Language development |
Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. |
| Comments |
SVO. Swidden agriculturalists. |