Taupota language

Taupota
Taupota
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	4,500 (2000–2001)[1]
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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