Mwatebu language
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Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Mwatebu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Milne Bay Province |
Native speakers | 120 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mwa |
| Glottolog | mwat1237 |
| ELP | Mwatebu |
 Mwatebu is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
| Coordinates: 10°02′08″S 151°05′52″E / 10.03556°S 151.097717°E / -10.03556; 151.097717 (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°02′08″S 151°05′52″E / 10.03556°S 151.097717°E / -10.03556; 151.097717 (Mwatebu)) in Duau Rural LLG, Milne Bay Province.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mwatebu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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