Mwatebu
A language of Papua New Guinea
| Population | 120 (2000 S. Wurm). 10% monolingual. |
| Region | Milne Bay Province, Normanby Island, north central coast. 1 village. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 792 |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 49% 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, Dobu-Duau |
| Language use | Also use Duau [dva] or Dobu. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: low. |
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