Alternate Names: Egum, Murua, Murua Dukwayasi, Murua Kaulae, Muruwa, Muyu, Muyua, Muyuwa
Dialects: Iwa, Lougaw (Gawa), Nawyem, Wamwan, Yanaba. Iwa dialect is halfway between Muyuw , and Kilivila ,. Lexical similarity: 68% with Kilivila ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 6,000 (1998). 1,000–1,200 Iwa. 3,000 monolinguals.
Language Use: Also use Dobu [dob], Kilivila [kij], Misima-Panaeati [mpx]. Used as L2 by Budibud [btp].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 75%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. 30% of the children are in government schools. Dictionary. NT: 1976–1996.
Typology: SVO.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea