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Mwatebu_language Latitude and Longitude:

10°02′08″S 151°05′52″E / 10.03556°S 151.097717°E / -10.03556; 151.097717 (Mwatebu)
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Mwatebu
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Milne Bay Province
Native speakers
120 (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mwa
Glottolog mwat1237
ELP Mwatebu
Mwatebu is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Coordinates: 10°02′08″S 151°05′52″E / 10.03556°S 151.097717°E / -10.03556; 151.097717 (Mwatebu)

Mwatebu is an Austronesian language spoken in a single village in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the single village of Mwatebu ( 10°02′08″S 151°05′52″E / 10.03556°S 151.097717°E / -10.03556; 151.097717 (Mwatebu)) in Duau Rural LLG, Milne Bay Province. [2] [3]

References

  1. ^ Mwatebu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.