Taupota language

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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

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 reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Wa'ema reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Wedau reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

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