Taupota language explained

Taupota
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Milne Bay Province
Speakers:4,500
Date:2000–2001
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Western Oceanic
Fam5:Papuan Tip
Fam6:Nuclear Papuan Tip
Fam7:North Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux
Fam8:Taupota languages
Lc1:tpa
Ld1:Taupota
Lc2:wag
Ld2:Wa'ema
Lc3:wed
Ld3:Wedau
Glotto:taup1242
Glottoname:Taupota
Glotto2:waem1237
Glottoname2:Wa'ema
Glotto3:weda1241
Glottoname3:Wedau

Taupota is an Oceanic language of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It appears to be a dialect chain, with southern varieties called Wa'ema and western Wedau.