Galeya
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A language of Papua New Guinea
Alternate Names
Garea
User Population
2,620 (2000 census). 790 monolinguals.
Location
Milne Bay province: Fergusson island, Esa’ala district, Duduna, Gameta, Lau’oya, Momo’awa, Sebutuya, and Ulua wards.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Dialects
Gameta, Ulua, Basima, Galeya (Garea). Lexical similarity: 61% with Boselewa [bwf] (most similar), 80% with Garea and Basima dialects.
Language Use
All domains except church, where there is mixed use with Dobu [dob] and English [eng] (Lambrecht et al 2015). Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Dobu [dob] (Lambrecht et al 2015). Most also use English [eng] (Lambrecht et al 2015). Used as L2 by Boselewa [bwf], Gumawana [gvs], Maiadomu [mzz].
Less than half of children are in school. Christian, traditional religion.