Taupota language

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.

Taupota
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	(4,500 cited 2000–2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Taupota languages Taupota
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: tpa – Taupota wag – Wa'ema wed – Wedau
Glottolog	taup1242  Taupota waem1237  Wa'ema weda1241  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.^[2]