Alternate Names: Dawana
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 58% with Kakabai ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,500 (1994 SIL). 500 monolinguals.
Language Use: Home, village. Also use English [eng], Hiri Motu [hmo], Wedau [wed]. Used as L2 by Kakabai [kqf].
Language Development: NT: 2002.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea