The Doga language is an Austronesian language spoken by about 200 people along Cape Vogel in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

Doga
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMilne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel
Native speakers
200 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dgg
Glottologdoga1238
ELPDoga
Doga is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Vocabulary

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poro 'pig'

dara-daragi- 'blood'

babine 'woman'

ubi 'long yam'

bata 'four'

biamo 'how many'

asu 'smoke'

iai 'who?'

-ta 'we (incl.)'

-si 'they'

ae- 'leg'

yamogiri 'mosquito'

tamo-na 'one'[2]

References

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  1. ^ Doga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Ross, M.D. Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia. C-98. Pacific Linguistics, 1988

Further reading

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  • Landweer, M. Lynn. "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Anuki Language, Cape Vogel, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea." 2001
  • Landweer, Martha Lynn. 2006. A Melanesian perspective on mechanisms of language maintenance and shift: case studies from Papua New Guinea. Ph.D., University of Essex. 2 vols.
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  • Open-access materials on Doga are available through Paradisec, including the Arthur Capell collection (AC2) and the Tom Dutton collection (TD1)