Gedaged

GDD

developing

Alternate Names: Bel, Graged, Mitebog, Ragetta, Rio, Sek, Siar, Siar-Ragetta, Szeak-Bagili, Tiara

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
North New Guinea
Ngero-Vitiaz
Vitiaz
Bel
Nuclear Bel
Northern

Demographics: 6,950 (2003 SIL).

Language Use: Used as L2 by Awad Bing [bcu], Ngaing [nnf], Nobonob [gaw], Siroi [ssd].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–100%. NT: 1960.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea