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Watiwa language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

Native speakers
  
510 (2003)

ISO 639-3
  
wtf

Region
  
Madang Province

Writing system
  
none

Language family
  
Trans–New Guinea Madang Rai Coast Evapia Watiwa

Watiwa is spoken by some 500 people living in six villages in Papua New Guinea. It is more commonly known as Dumpu, but this is the name of one of the six villages, and is not accepted as a name for the language. 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.

References

Watiwa language Wikipedia