KMS ISO 639-3
Kamasau
Wand Tuan Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- kms
- Autonym
- Wand Tuan
- Population
- 960 (2003 SIL).
- Location:
- East Sepik province: Wewak district. Ghini dialect: Wandomi, Wobu and Yibab; Hagi dialect: Kenyari; Segi dialect: Kamasau, Tring, and Wau villages.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Torricelli, Marienberg
- Dialects
- Hagi, Segi, Ghini.
- Language Use
- Some young people, all adults. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 1998.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kamasau
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
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Location: East Sepik province: Wewak district. Ghini dialect: Wandomi, Wobu and Yibab; Hagi dialect: Kenyari; Segi dialect: Kamasau, Tring, and Wau villages.
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