Kutong

SKM

developing

Alternate Names: Dinangat, Sakam

Dialects: Akwawin, Iyot, Kamdaran, Sakam. Most divergent Uruwa language.

Genealogy:

Trans-New Guinea
Finisterre-Huon
Finisterre
Uruwa

Demographics: 1,300 (2000 census). 200 monolinguals.

Language Use: 85% also use Tok Pisin [tpi].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: About 10% in Kutong, and growing. Poetry.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea