Taupota language

Taupota
Taupota
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	4,500 (2000–2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Taupota languages Taupota; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; tpa – Taupota; wag – Wa'ema; wed – Wedau
Glottolog	taup1242 Taupota; waem1237 Wa'ema; weda1241 Wedau

Taupota is an Oceanic language of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It appears to be a dialect chain, with southern varieties called Wa'ema and western Wedau.

References

^ Taupota at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Wa'ema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Wedau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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