Doga

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names

Magabara

User Population

140 (Landweer 2010). Ethnic population: 260 (Landweer 2010).

Milne Bay province: Cape Vogel north coast.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 17

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Are-Taupota, Are

None known. Lexical similarity: 47%–55% with Are [mwc] (most similar).

Endangered (2000 D. Tryon, and 2000 S. Wurm). Potentially endangered (2000 R. Cooper). Some young people, all adults. Also use Anuki [aui]. Also use Dima [jma]. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Dima [jma].

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Doga

Unwritten [Qaax].