Dialects: Central Timbe, North Timbe, South Timbe.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 11,000 (1991 SIL). 660 monolinguals. Women and older men.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains, including education. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Kâte [kmg], Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Weliki [klh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Poetry. NT: 1987.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.