Wab language
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Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Wab | |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Wab and Saui villages, Huon Peninsula, Madang Province |
Native speakers | 120 (2000)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wab |
| Glottolog | wabb1237 |
| ELP | Wab |
 Wab is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Wab is an Austronesian language spoken by about 120 people in the coastal villages of Wab and Saui, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[1]
References
- ^ a b Wab at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
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