Mutu

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names

Sisi, Tuam, Tuam-Mutu, Tuom

Saveeng

User Population

4,000 (Bugenhagen 2010), increasing. Only older adults are monolingual. Ethnic population: 4,000 (Bugenhagen 2010).

Morobe province: south of Umboi island, Aramot, Aronai, Malai, Mandok, Mutu Malau, Siassi islands, and Tuam; Yaga village on Umboi Island.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 11

Papua New Guinea, Map 12

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Ngero, Tuam

Oov (Mutu), Tuam, Malai.

SVO; prepositions.

Vigorous. Home, market, church. Used by all. Mixed attitudes, from positive to negative. Most also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Karnai [bbv].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 35%–50% in Tok Pisin [tpi], 20%–30% in English [eng]. Increasing. Literature. Texts. NT: 2011.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Mutu

Latin script [Latn].

Christian, traditional religion.