Region New Guinea ISO 639-3 gve | Native speakers 400 (2011) Glottolog duwe1237 | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Huon Gulf
Markham
Lower Markham
Busu
Duwet | ||
Duwet, also known as Guwot or Waing, is an aberrant member of the Busu subgroup of Lower Markham languages in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Duwet is spoken by about 400 people and appears to have been heavily influenced by its neighboring Nabak language (also called Wain) of the Papuan Trans–New Guinea languages.
Numerals
Traditional Duwet numerals include only three basic forms: 'one', 'two', and 'hand (= five)'.
References
Duwet language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA