Alternate Names: Katumene, Sambio, Taiak, Tayek
Dialects: Garawa (Gawawa), Kapin. May be part of the Mumeng group of related varieties.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,350 (1979 census).
Language Use: All domains. All ages. Also use English [eng], Kumalu [ksl], Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Possibly 10% are fluent readers, 25% halting.
Typology: SVO; prepositions; genitives before nouns, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; V, CV, CVC, CVV, CVVC, CVCC, VC; nontonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Traditional religion.