Wantoat language

Wantoat
Wantoat
Taap
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Native speakers	(8,200 cited 1978)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Wantoat languages Wantoat; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wnc
Glottolog	want1252
ELP	Wantoat
	Wantoat is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Wantoat, named after the Wantoat River, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Wapu (Leron), Central Wantoat, Bam, Yagawak (Kandomin), continuing on to Awara, though the last is only 60–70% lexically similar with Wantoat and Wapu. Major Wantoat villages are Gwabogwat, Mamabam, Matap, Ginonga, Kupung.

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