Tawala language

Tawala
Tawala
Kehelala
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	20,000 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Taupota Tawala; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbo
Glottolog	tawa1275
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Tawala is an Oceanic language of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 20,000 people who live in hamlets and small villages on the East Cape peninsula, on the shores of Milne Bay and on areas of the islands of Sideia and Basilaki. There are approximately 40 main centres of population each speaking the same dialect, although through the process of colonisation some centres have gained more prominence than others.^[2]

^ Tawala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Ezard (1997), p. 6

[e18-1] Tawala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Ezard (1997), p. 6

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