Duwet

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: gve
Alternate Names: Guwet, Guwot, Waing
Population: 400 (2011 SIL), increasing. No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 450.
Location:: Morobe province: Busu river area.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Markham, Lower, Busu
Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Under pressure from Wampar [lbq] and Tok Pisin [tpi], which children prefer. Only when other Duwet speakers present. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Musom [msu].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 70%. Texts.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Duwet
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Morobe province: Busu river area.