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Gumawana

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: gvs

Population	470 (2000 census), increasing. 10% monolingual.
Region	Milne Bay Province, Esa’ala District, Amphlett Islands; about 25 islands north of Fergusson. 7 villages.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 788
Alternate names	Domdom, Gumasi
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 48% with Galeya [gar], 47% with Dobu [dob] (most similar).
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Gumawana
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Dobu, Kilivila, Boselewa [bwf], Maiodom, or Galeya.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 90%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. Grammar. Bible portions: 1992–1999.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Potters. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

OLSON, Cliff, author. 1992. Gumawana Organised Phonology Data.  

OLSON, Clifford, author. 1992. "Gumawana (Amphlett Islands, Papua New Guinea): Grammar sketch and texts."

ROSS, Malcolm, author. 1992. "The position of Gumawana among the languages of the Papuan Tip Cluster."