Alternate Names: Kukuya, Minavega
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 60% with Iamalele , (most similar), Koluwawa ,, and Bwaidoka ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,300 (2007 SIL), increasing. 600 monolinguals.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng]. English use steadily increasing. Also use Bwaidoka [bwd], Iamalele [yml], Koluwawa [klx]. Used as L2 by Koluwawa [klx].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 35%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. 1,100 can read, 400 can write. Taught in primary schools as of 2011. Poetry. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2008.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Kukuya, a prominent village name, used by others as glossonym. Little arable land, and population increase endangers the future of agriculture. Traditional religion, Christian.