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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Tauade

Tauade

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3ttd

Population  7,000 (2000 census).
Region  Central Province, Goilala District northeast.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 16, reference number 718
Alternate names   Tauata
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 44% with Kunimaipa [kup] (most similar).
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Goilalan, Kunimaipa
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Roman Catholic schools teach in Tauade.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

STUTZMAN, Robert; STUTZMAN, Verna, authors. 1992. Tauade Organised Phonology Data.  Available online