| Watut | |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Watut River region |
| Date: | 1988–2012 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Western Oceanic |
| Fam5: | North New Guinea ? |
| Fam6: | Ngero–Vitiaz ? |
| Fam7: | Huon Gulf |
| Fam8: | Markham |
| Lc1: | una |
| Ld1: | North Watut |
| Lc2: | mpl |
| Ld2: | Middle Watut |
| Lc3: | mcy |
| Ld3: | South Watut |
| Glotto: | watu1246 |
| Glottorefname: | Watut |
Watut is a language complex of Austronesian languages spoken in northern Papua New Guinea. Dialects include Maralinan, Silisili, Unank, Maralangko, and Danggal. It is spoken in Watut Rural LLG of Morobe Province.
Watut varieties and their respective locations are:[1]
Middle Watut, also called Middle Kodut, is spoken by 1,700 people in the Mumeng district, lower Watut valley, Babuaf (Madzim and Singono), Bencheng, Dungutung, and Marauna villages. There are four dialects: Borar, Babuaf, Tsangg (Changg), Zowents (Jowench). The ISO code is mpl.[2]