Kâte

A language of Papua New Guinea

Kai, Kâte Dong

Kâte dâŋ

61,000, all users. L1 users: 20,000 (2011 M. Muhujupe). L2 users: 41,000 (2021).

Morobe province: Finschhafen district.

3 (Wider communication). Established as a church language by the Lutherans in the early 1900s. Currently an LWC in the Huon peninsula.

Magobineng (Bamota), Wamora (Wamola), Wemo, Parec, Wana. Dialects may be separate languages.

Used as L2 by Asa’a [kyy], Borong [ksr], Dedua [ded], Finongan [fag], Gitua [ggt], Komba [kpf], Kube [kgf], Mape [mlh], Mesem [mci], Migabac [mpp], Momare [msz], Numanggang [nop], Ono [ons], Selepet [spl], Sialum [slw], Sio [xsi], Somba-Siawari [bmu], Timbe [tim], Tuma-Irumu [iou], Yopno [yut].

Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. Texts. Bible: 1978.

Latin script [Latn].

Christian.