Dialects: Some dialect variation. Wantoat ,, Wapu dialect of Wantoat, and Awara are part of a chain of related varieties, with Awara at the western end. Lexical similarity: 60%–70% with Wantoat , and Wapu dialect of Wantoat.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,900 (2011 SIL), increasing. 670 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 1,950.
Language Use: Vigorous. All ages. Positive attitudes. 65% also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Wantoat [wnc] use is passive. Used as L2 by Sukurum [zsu].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Children’s literacy schools.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea