Mwakai

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Mongol, Mwa

200 (Barlow 2020b). No monolinguals (Barlow 2020b). Ethnic population: 1,500 (Barlow 2020b).

East Sepik province: Angoram district, Kaimbal and Mongol villages, Angoram town outskirts.

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8a (Moribund).

Two mutually intelligible dialects (Barlow 2020b). Lexical similarity: 40% with Pondi [lnm], 40% with Ulwa [yla] (Barlow 2020b).

SOV; Noun Head: Initial; Verbal affixation marks person, object, tense, and mood; 12 Consonants, 6 Vowels; Non-tonal.

Older adults only. All shifted to Tok Pisin [tpi] (Barlow 2020b).

Christian.