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Kaninuwa

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: wat

Population  360 (2001). 10% monolingual. Ethnic population: 514.
Region  Milne Bay Province, Sivesive village, another small one; 2 villages north of Goodenough Island.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 783
Alternate names   Kaokao, Wataluma
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 51% with Iduna [viv] (most similar).
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Are-Taupota, Are
Language use  Most domains. All ages. Also use Bwaidoka [bwd], Motu [meu], or Iduna [viv].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: high. Highly literate in English.
Comments  ‘Wataluma’ is name of adjacent mission station. ‘Kaokao’ is used by other people on Goodenough Island.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KASSELL, Alison, author. 2012. "A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Kaninuwa Language Group [wat]."  Available online

KASSELL, Alison; LAMBRECHT, Philip, authors. 2012. "A Sociolinguistic Profile of the West and North Goodenough Groups."  Available online