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Bwaidoka language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
  
bwd

Native speakers
  
6,500 (2000)

Glottolog
  
bwai1242

Region
  
Milne Bay Province (Goodenough Island, Fergusson Island)

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Bwaidoga Bwaidoka

Bwaidoka is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a local lingua franca.

References

Bwaidoka language Wikipedia