Tauade

TTD

developing

Alternate Names: Tauata

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 44% with Kunimaipa , (most similar).

Genealogy:

Trans-New Guinea
Southeast Papuan
Goilalan
Kunimaipa

Demographics: 7,000 (2000 census).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Roman Catholic schools teach in Tauade.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea