Watiwa is a Rai Coast language of

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. It is spoken by some 500 people living in six villages in

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, including Bebei () and Dumpu () villages of

Usino Rural LLG Usino Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Wards *01. Bumbu (Mari language speakers) *06. Sankain (Mari language speakers) *07. Dumpu (Watiwa language Watiwa is a Rai Coast language of Papua New ...

. It is more commonly known as Dumpu, but this is the name of one of the six villages, and is not accepted as a name for the language. Surviving mostly as a secret language with which to talk amongst themselves when outsiders are present, the majority of the speakers use

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in daily life. Due to its increasingly rare use, it is estimated that this language will be extinct in a few decades.

References

Rai Coast languages Languages of Madang Province Endangered Papuan languages {{Madang-lang-stub