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Gwahatike language

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Gwahatike
Dahating
Native toPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
1,600 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dah
Glottologgwah1244

Gwahatike (also called Dahating or Gwatike) is a language generally classified in the Warup branch of the Finisterre family of Finisterre–Huon languages.[1] As of 2003, it was spoken by 1570 people in Papua New Guinea.[1] It is spoken in several villages located south of Saidor.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gwahatike at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "The Dahating Language". Pacific Linguistics (23). Australian National University: 53. 1970.