Mwatebu is an
Austronesian language spoken in a single village in the
D'Entrecasteaux Islands
D'Entrecasteaux Islands () are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The group spans a distance of , has a total land area of approximately and is separated from the Papua New G ...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. It is spoken in the single village of Mwatebu () in
Duau Rural LLG
Duau Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The Duau language
Duau is a dialectically diverse Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Gui ...
,
Milne Bay Province
Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km² of land and 252,990 km² of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has a ...
.
References
Definitely endangered languages
Nuclear Papuan Tip languages
Languages of Milne Bay Province
D'Entrecasteaux Islands
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