| Watiwa | |
| Nativename: | Dumpu |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Madang Province |
| Speakers: | 510 |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | Madang |
| Fam3: | Rai Coast |
| Fam4: | Evapia |
| Script: | none |
| Iso3: | wtf |
| Glotto: | dump1243 |
| Glottorefname: | Dumpu |
Watiwa is a Rai Coast language of Papua New Guinea.
It is spoken by some 500 people living in six villages in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, including Bebei (-5.8619°N 145.712°W) and Dumpu (-5.889°N 145.736°W) villages of Usino Rural LLG.[1] [2]
It is more commonly known as Dumpu, but this is the name of one of the six villages, and is not accepted as a name for the language. Surviving mostly as a secret language with which to talk amongst themselves when outsiders are present,[3] the majority of the speakers use Tok Pisin in daily life. Due to its increasingly rare use, it is estimated that this language will be extinct in a few decades.
Languages of the World
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