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Taupota language

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Taupota
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMilne Bay Province
Native speakers
4,500 (2000–2001)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
tpa – Taupota
wag – Wa'ema
wed – Wedau
Glottologtaup1242  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

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  1. ^ 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)