Wagawaga

WGB

vigorous

Alternate Names: Baeaula, Beauli, Ealeba, Gamadoudou, Gibara, Kilikilana

Dialects: Gamadoudou. Reportedly similar to Yaleba ,. Lexical similarity: 61% with Oya’oya ,, 31% with Tawala ,, 55% with Buhutu ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Papuan Tip
Nuclear
Suauic

Demographics: 600 (2000 census). 60 monolinguals.

Language Use: Also use Buhutu [bxh], Hiri Motu [hmo], Suau [swp], Tawala [tbo].

Language Development: 2 schools.

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea