Alternate Names: Walsa
Dialects: None known. Intelligible at Imonda but not Amanab. Similar to Imonda , and Amanab ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,500 in Papua New Guinea, increasing. Population total all countries: 4,000.
Language Use: Vigorous. Most domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Almost all also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Daonda [dnd].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 15%–20%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Taught in primary schools, in many villages. Poetry. Dictionary. NT: 2003.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Different from Waritai , or Wares , of Indonesia. Christian (Roman Catholic).