Watut is a language complex of Austronesian languages spoken in northern Papua New Guinea. Dialects include Maralinan, Silisili, Unank, Maralangko, and Danggal. It is spoken in Watut Rural LLG of Morobe Province.
| Watut | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Watut River region |
Native speakers | (3,200 cited 1988–2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:una – North Watutmpl – Middle Watutmcy – South Watut |
| Glottolog | watu1246 |
Varieties
editWatut varieties and their respective locations are:[2]
- South Watut
- South Watut, dialect 1: Danggal, Wawas (6°57′54″S 146°22′23″E / 6.964888°S 146.373114°E), and Kumwats villages
- South Watut, dialect 2: Maraianglro (6°58′07″S 146°22′32″E / 6.968605°S 146.375509°E) and Dzenemp (6°57′52″S 146°22′32″E / 6.964491°S 146.375677°E) villages
- Middle Watut: Babwaf (6°52′57″S 146°23′57″E / 6.88249°S 146.399126°E), Mararena (6°52′57″S 146°24′00″E / 6.882399°S 146.400017°E), and Bentseng (Tshetsie) (6°51′23″S 146°21′21″E / 6.856273°S 146.355971°E) villages
- North Watut: Vruf (6°46′46″S 146°23′17″E / 6.779356°S 146.387941°E), Mahanadzo (6°44′49″S 146°25′01″E / 6.746839°S 146.416959°E), Morom (6°46′21″S 146°18′08″E / 6.772604°S 146.302126°E), and Wampan villages.
Middle Watut, also called Middle Kodut, is spoken by 1,700 people in the Mumeng district, lower Watut valley, Babuaf (Madzim and Singono), Bencheng, Dungutung, and Marauna villages. There are four dialects: Borar, Babuaf, Tsangg (Changg), Zowents (Jowench). The ISO code is mpl.[3]
References
edit- ^ North Watut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Middle Watut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
South Watut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Holzknecht, Susanne (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-394-8.
- ^ Middle Watut Dictionary
Further reading
edit- Carter, John, John Grummitt, Janell Masters and Brian Paris. 2014. A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Watut Languages: South Watut (mcy), Middle Watut (mpl), and North Watut (una). SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2014-006.
- Middle Watut Dictionary. Middle Watut Dictionary