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Taupota

Taupota is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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Taupota · 10.2°S 150.4°E

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.

The Wedau variety, which varies between villages, was adopted by Anglican missionaries who settled in Dogura and so became the lingua franca for the southern coast of Goodenough Bay.

From Wikipedia · Taupota language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Taupota

MeaningWordRomanization
womanwavine
eyemata*
eartaniga*
toothivo*
handnima*
waterwaira*
fireelagi*
sunmadega*
stonegaima*
dogowo*
fishkiepa*
oneemoti*
tworuaga*
Itau*
youtam*
wetauta*
pathtalaba*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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