Girawa

BBR

developing

Alternate Names: Bagasin, Begasin, Begesin

Dialects: None known. Related to Munit , and Kein ,.

Genealogy:

Trans-New Guinea
Madang
Croisilles
Kokon

Demographics: 4,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Language Use: Positive attitudes.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 45%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Taught in primary schools. NT: 1995.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea