| Watiwa | |
|---|---|
| Dumpu | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 510 (2003)[1] |
| none | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wtf |
| Glottolog | dump1243 |
Watiwa is aRai Coast language ofPapua New Guinea.
It is spoken by some 500 people living in six villages inMadang Province,Papua New Guinea, including Bebei (5°51′43″S145°42′43″E / 5.861935°S 145.711953°E /-5.861935; 145.711953 (Bembe)) and Dumpu (5°53′20″S145°44′10″E / 5.888972°S 145.736011°E /-5.888972; 145.736011 (Dumpu / Taborabo 1 and 2)) villages ofUsino Rural LLG.[2][3]
It is more commonly known asDumpu, but this is the name of one of the six villages, and is not accepted as a name for the language. Surviving mostly as asecret language with which to talk amongst themselves when outsiders are present,[4] the majority of the speakers useTok Pisin in daily life. Due to its increasingly rare use, it is estimated that this language will be extinct in a few decades.[4]
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