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

Wab

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: wab

Population  120 (2000 S. Wurm).
Region  Madang Province, Huon Peninsula north coast, next to Saidor, Wab and Saui villages.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 11, reference number 489
Alternate names   Som
Dialects  Related to Mindiri [mpn] and Awad Bing [bcu].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Bel, Astrolabe

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CARTER, John; CARTER, Katie; GRUMMITT, John; MACKENZIE, Bonnie; MASTERS, Janell, authors. 2012. "A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars."  Available online