Duwet
[aka Guwet, Guwot, Waing]Classification: Austronesian
·endangered
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Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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300
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In 1988, 398 speakers were reported. Now there may be about 300.
- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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It is under pressure from large related languages, e.g. Wampar, and from Tok Pisin which children prefer.
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Wampar
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Tok Pisin
- More on Orthography
No literacy
- PLACES
- Papua New Guinea
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Morobe Province. Spoken inland from the Huon Gulf, north of Lae, in the lower Busu River area.