Kâte | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: kmg
Alternate Names: Kai, Kâte Dong
Autonym: Kâte dâŋ
Population: 61,000, all users. L1 users: 20,000 (2011 M. Muhujupe). L2 users: 41,000 (2021).
Location:: Morobe province: Finschhafen district.
Language Status: 3 (Wider communication). Established as a church language by the Lutherans in the early 1900s. Currently an LWC in the Huon peninsula.
Classification: Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Huon, Eastern
Dialects: Magobineng (Bamota), Wamora (Wamola), Wemo, Parec, Wana. Dialects may be separate languages.
Language Use: Used as L2 by Asa’a [kyy], Borong [ksr], Dedua [ded], Finongan [fag], Gitua [ggt], Komba [kpf], Kube [kgf], Mape [mlh], Mesem [mci], Migabac [mpp], Momare [msz], Numanggang [nop], Ono [ons], Selepet [spl], Sialum [slw], Sio [xsi], Somba-Siawari [bmu], Timbe [tim], Tuma-Irumu [iou], Yopno [yut].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. Texts. Bible: 1978.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kâte
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Christian.

Location: Morobe province: Finschhafen district.