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

Wogeo

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3woc

Population  1,620 (2003 SIL).
Region  East Sepik Province, Vokeo and Koil islands.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 171
Alternate names   Uageo
Dialects  Related to Manem [jet], Biem [bmc], Sepa [spe], Medebur [mjm].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Schouten, Kairiru-Manam, Manam
Language use  Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Comments  SOV. Swidden agriculturalists.