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ISO 639-3 · wncwnc
Trans–New Guinea family

Wantoat

Wantoat is a language of the Finisterre branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Papua New Guinea.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
wnc
Glottocode
want1252
Wikipedia
7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameWantoat
Also calledWantoat language

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this level
family tree

From Trans–New Guinea to Wantoat

The branches above Wantoat, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

212Trans–New Guineafamily30Finisterre–Huonbranch18FinisterrebranchwncWantoatlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting