Taupota language
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Wa'ema)
Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Taupota | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Milne Bay Province |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2000–2001)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:tpa – Taupotawag – Wa'emawed – Wedau |
| Glottolog | taup1242 Taupotawaem1237 Wa'emaweda1241 Wedau |
Taupota is an Oceanic language of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It appears to be a dialect chain, with southern varieties called Wa'ema and western Wedau.
References
[edit]- ^ Taupota at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Wa'ema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Wedau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
| Nuclear Papuan Tip |
| ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Papuan Tip |
| ||||||||||||||
| Other Papuan Tip |
| ||||||||||||||
| Official languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major Indigenous languages |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Papuan languages |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sign languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article about Papuan Tip languages is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |