Dawawa

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
dww
Alternate Names
Dawana
Population

2,500 (1994 SIL). 500 monolinguals.

Location

Milne Bay province: Rabaraba district, west and inland from Wedau.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Kakabai
Dialects

Mountian Dawawa, Coastal Dawawa. Lexical similarity: 58% with Kakabai [kqf].

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Some also use Wedau [wed], especially middle-aged and elderly. Also use English [eng], Hiri Motu [hmo]. Used as L2 by Kakabai [kqf].

Language Development

NT: 2002.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dawawa
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

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