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

  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)


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