Iwal

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
kbm
Alternate Names
Kaiwa
Autonym
Iwal
User Population

2,100 (2011 SIL). Ethnic population: 2,300.

Location

Morobe province: Lae district, between Salamaua and Wau.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, South, Kaiwa
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Yabem [jae].

Language Use

Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Cobb and Wroge 1990).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1984.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Iwal
Writing

Latin script [Latn].