Watiwa language

Spoken in

  • Papuan Trans - New Guinea languages Dumpu

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Dumpu (also Watifa or Watiwa ) is a language spoken in Madang Province in Papua New Guinea at the riverbank of Ramu. Within the community, the spokesman Dumpu is mainly used as a secret language, in contact with other people the lingua franca Tok Pisin is spoken, which is why the language is regarded as endangered.

The Dumpu uses the word order SOV. It distinguishes between singular, dual and plural.

References and sources

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