Alternate Names: Gabadi, Kabadi
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 53% with Toura , (most similar).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,300 (2007 SIL), increasing.
Language Use: All ages. Positive attitudes. Those over 50 use Hiri Motu [hmo]. 90% also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Youth increasingly use Tok Pisin. Used as L2 by Toura [don].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 75%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Used in primary education first 3 years. Poetry. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. NT.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Gabadi is the Motu name.