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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Watut, North

Watut, North

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3una

Population  460 (Holzknecht 1988). Ethnic population: 660.
Region  Morobe Province, Mumeng District, Kaiapit area, Waffa Valley.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 11, reference number 547
Alternate names   Onank, Unangg, Unank, Watut
Dialects  Holzecht says North Watut combines with Silisili and Maralinan (dialects of Middle Watut [mpl]) to form one language, North Watut.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Markham, Watut
Language use  Most domains. All ages.