Mwatebu language explained

Mwatebu
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Milne Bay Province
Coordinates:-10.0356°N 151.0977°W
Speakers:120
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Western Oceanic
Fam5:Papuan Tip
Fam6:Nuclear Papuan Tip
Fam7:North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux
Fam8:Dobu–Duau
Map2:Lang Status 60-DE.svg
Iso3:mwa
Glotto:mwat1237
Glottorefname:Mwatebu

Mwatebu is an Austronesian language spoken in a single village in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the single village of Mwatebu (-10.0356°N 151.0977°W) in Duau Rural LLG, Milne Bay Province.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Papua New Guinea languages . Ethnologue

    Languages of the World

    . 22nd . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . 2019 . Dallas . SIL International.
  2. Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.