Dialects: Probably part of a chain of related varieties with Wa’ema , south and Wedau , west. Lexical similarity: 81% with Topura dialect of Wedau ,, 69% with central Wedau ,, 76% with Wa’ema ,, 56% with Tawala ,, 53% with Maiwala ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,280 (2001 SIL).
Language Use: Also use Tawala [tbo], Wedau [wed]. Used as L2 by Gweda [grw].
Language Development: Poetry. Videos. Bible portions: 2009.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: 2 schools.