Tabo

KNV

developing

Alternate Names: Waya

Dialects: Aramia River, Fly River. Lexical similarity: 60% among dialects, but nearly identical syntax and grammar.

Genealogy:

South-Central Papuan
Waia

Demographics: 3,000 (2002 SIL). Population split equally between dialects.

Language Use: All domains unless non-Tabo speakers present. Also use Bamu [bcf], Gogodala [ggw].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 28%. Literacy rate in L2: 33%. NT: 2006.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea