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Dobu language

Dobu or Dobuan is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a lingua franca for 100,000 people in D'Entrecasteaux Islands.

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Glottolog
dobu1241
ISO 639-3
dob
Language family
Malayo-PolynesianOceanicWestern OceanicPapuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu · OceanicWestern OceanicPapuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu · Western OceanicPapuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu · Papuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu · Nuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1998) 60% monolingual L2 speakers: 51,000 (2021)
Native to
Papua New Guinea
Region
Milne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel

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Dobu language

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Triples14
Avg. degree1.67
Density0.333333
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Dobu language

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Language family · 8
Dobu language → Dobu, Dobu–DuauDobu, Malayo-PolynesianOceanicWestern OceanicPapuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu, North Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu, Nuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu, OceanicWestern OceanicPapuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu, Papuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu, Western OceanicPapuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu
Glottolog · 1
Dobu language → dobu1241
ISO 639-3 · 1
Dobu language → dob
Native speakers · 1
Dobu language → (10,000 cited 1998) 60% monolingual L2 speakers: 51,000 (2021)
Native to · 1
Dobu language → Papua New Guinea
Region · 1
Dobu language → Milne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel
Writing system · 1
Dobu language → Latin script (Dobuan alphabet) Dobuan Braille

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may dobu austronesian dobuan language milne bay province papua new guinea 000 d'entrecasteaux heard unstressed consonants paradisec also fluctuate syllables

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Dobu languageGlottologdobu12411.00infobox
Dobu languageISO 639-3dob1.00infobox
Dobu languageLanguage familyMalayo-PolynesianOceanicWestern OceanicPapuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu1.00infobox
Dobu languageLanguage familyOceanicWestern OceanicPapuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu1.00infobox
Dobu languageLanguage familyWestern OceanicPapuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu1.00infobox
Dobu languageLanguage familyPapuan TipNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu1.00infobox
Dobu languageLanguage familyNuclear Papuan TipNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu1.00infobox
Dobu languageLanguage familyNorth Papuan Mainland – D'EntrecasteauxDobu–DuauDobu1.00infobox
Dobu languageLanguage familyDobu–DuauDobu1.00infobox
Dobu languageLanguage familyDobu1.00infobox
Dobu languageNative speakers(10,000 cited 1998) 60% monolingual L2 speakers: 51,000 (2021)1.00infobox
Dobu languageNative toPapua New Guinea1.00infobox
Dobu languageRegionMilne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel1.00infobox
Dobu languageWriting systemLatin script (Dobuan alphabet) Dobuan Braille1.00infobox

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