Alternate Names: Kai, Kâte Dong
Dialects: Magobineng (Bamota), Parec, Wamora (Wamola), Wana, Wemo. Dialects may be separate languages.
Status Notes: Established as a church language by the Lutherans in the early 1900s.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 20,000 (2011 M. Muhujupe). L2 users: 80,000 (1980 UBS).
Language Use: Used as L2 by Borong [ksr], Dedua [ded], Mesem [mci], Migabac [mpp], Numanggang [nop], Somba-Siawari [bmu], Timbe [tim].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. Bible: 1978.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Christian.