Dumpu
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Spoken in |
Papua New Guinea | |
| speaker | 510 | |
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Dumpu (also Watifa or Watiwa ) is a language spoken in the Madang Province of Papua New Guinea on the Ramu River . Within the speaking community, the dumpu is mainly used as a secret language, in contact with other people the lingua franca Tok Pisin is spoken, which is why the language is seen as endangered.
The dumpu uses the sentence order SOV. It differentiates between singular, dual and plural.
supporting documents
- Endangered languages listing: DUMPU (WATIWA) [wtf] (PDF; 17 kB)