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Preferred term

wtfWatiwa  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • With approximately 510 speakers living in six villages in Papua New Guinea, Dumpu is a little-known Trans–New Guinea language. It is also known as Watifa or Watiwa. Surviving mostly as a secret language with which to talk amongst themselves when outsiders are present, the majority of the speakers use Tok Pisin in daily life. Due to its increasingly rare use, it is estimated that this language will be extinct in a few decades.

Entry terms

  • Dumpu language

ISO 639-3 code

  • wtf

In other languages

  • Dumpu

    Dutch

  • Dumpu

    German

  • Lenga Dumpu

    Piedmontese

  • Język dumpu

    Polish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/wtf

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