Taupota language

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Taupota
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Milne Bay Province
Native speakers
4,500 (2000–2001) [1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
tpa   Taupota
wag   Wa'ema
wed   Wedau
Glottolog taup1242  Taupota
waem1237  Wa'ema
weda1241  Wedau

Taupota is an Oceanic language of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It appears to be a dialect chain, with southern varieties called Wa'ema and western Wedau.

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References

  1. Taupota at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Wa'ema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Wedau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)