Watut language
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| Watut | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Watut River region |
Native speakers | (3,200 cited 1988–2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:una – North Watutmpl – Middle Watutmcy – South Watut |
| Glottolog | watu1246 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Watut is a language complex of Austronesian languages spoken in northern Papua New Guinea. Dialects include Maralinan, Silisili, Unank, Maralangko, and Danggal. It is spoken in Watut Rural LLG of Morobe Province.
Varieties
[edit | edit source]Watut varieties and their respective locations are:[2]
- South Watut
- South Watut, dialect 1: Danggal, Wawas (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), and Kumwats villages
- South Watut, dialect 2: Maraianglro (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) and Dzenemp (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) villages
- Middle Watut: Babwaf (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Mararena (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), and Bentseng (Tshetsie) (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) villages
- North Watut: Vruf (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Mahanadzo (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Morom (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), and Wampan villages.
Middle Watut, also called Middle Kodut, is spoken by 1,700 people in the Mumeng district, lower Watut valley, Babuaf (Madzim and Singono), Bencheng, Dungutung, and Marauna villages. There are four dialects: Borar, Babuaf, Tsangg (Changg), Zowents (Jowench). The ISO code is mpl.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ North Watut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Middle Watut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
South Watut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Middle Watut Dictionary
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Carter, John, John Grummitt, Janell Masters and Brian Paris. 2014. A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Watut Languages: South Watut (mcy), Middle Watut (mpl), and North Watut (una). SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2014-006.
- Middle Watut Dictionary. Middle Watut Dictionary
