Kâte

KMG

wider communication

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:

Trans-New Guinea
Finisterre-Huon
Huon
Eastern

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.