Mwatebu

MWA

threatened

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 49% with Dobu , (most similar).

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Papuan Tip
Nuclear
North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux
Dobu-Duau

Demographics: 120 (Wurm 2000). 10 monolinguals.

Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 D. Tryon); endangered or potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Also use Dobu [dob], Duau [dva].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: low.

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea