Duau language

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Duau
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Milne Bay Province
Native speakers
5,000 (2004) [1]
Dialects
  • Dawada
  • Guleguleu
  • Mwalukwasia
  • Siausi
  • Somwadina
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dva
Glottolog duau1237

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Duau at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg