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Mutu

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: tuc

Population	3,500 (2007 SIL), increasing. No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 3,500.
Region	Morobe Province, south of Umboi Island, 6 Siassi Islands: Mandok, Malai, Aronai, Tuam, Mutu Malau, and Aramot; Yaga village on Umboi Island.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 12, reference number 605
Alternate names	Saveeng, Sisi, Tuam-Mutu, Tuam, Tuom
Dialects	Mutu, Tuam, Malai.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Ngero, Tuam
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 35%–50% Tok Pisin [tpi], 20%–30% English. Increasing. Taught in primary schools.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVOX; prepositions. Fishermen; traders. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BUGENHAGEN, Robert D., author. 2010. "Talking about motion and location in Tuam."  

BUGENHAGEN, Robert D., author. 2011. "Adapt It: some lessons learned in the Saveeng language program."

BUGENHAGEN, Salme E., author. 2009. Saveeng organised phonology data.  

HAYWOOD, Graham; HAYWOOD, Irene, authors. 1980. "The languages and communities of north-western New Britain."

LOPEZ, Cecilio, translator. n.d.. Studies on Dempwolff's Vergleichende Lautlehre des Austronesischen Wortschatzes.

Vernacular Publications

Ai un. 2007.

Salaulau. 2007.