Duau language

Duau
Duau
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	5,000 (2004)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Dobu–Duau Duau; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Dawada; Guleguleu; Mwalukwasia; Siausi; Somwadina;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dva
Glottolog	duau1237

Last updated January 02, 2026

Duau is a dialectically diverse Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Duau Rural LLG.^[1]

References

1 2 Duau at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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[e25-1] 1 2 Duau at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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