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A language of Papua New Guinea

User Population

550 (2003 SIL). Ethnic population: 700 (2001 UNESCO).

Location

Madang province: Gowar river area, Rai coast, east of Madang.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Language Use

Adults only. Positive attitudes. Shifting to Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Dumun [dui].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Bible portions: 1997.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].