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Mwatebu language

Coordinates:10°02′08″S151°05′52″E/ 10.03556°S 151.097717°E/-10.03556; 151.097717(Mwatebu)
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Mwatebu
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMilne Bay Province
Native speakers
120 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mwa
Glottologmwat1237
ELPMwatebu
Mwatebu is classified as Definitely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Coordinates:10°02′08″S151°05′52″E/ 10.03556°S 151.097717°E/-10.03556; 151.097717(Mwatebu)

Mwatebuis anAustronesianlanguage spoken in a single village in theD'Entrecasteaux IslandsofPapua New Guinea.It is spoken in the single village of Mwatebu (10°02′08″S151°05′52″E/ 10.03556°S 151.097717°E/-10.03556; 151.097717(Mwatebu)) inDuau Rural LLG,Milne Bay Province.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^MwatebuatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
  2. ^Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019)."Papua New Guinea languages".Ethnologue:Languages of the World(22nd ed.). Dallas:SIL International.
  3. ^United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018)."Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup".Humanitarian Data Exchange.1.31.9.