Mwatebu language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Mwatebu

|altname=

|nativename=

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Milne Bay Province

|coordinates={{coord|-10.03556|151.097717|type:city_region:PG_source:enwiki|name=Mwatebu|display=inline,title}}

|speakers=120

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western Oceanic

|fam5=Papuan Tip

|fam6=Nuclear Papuan Tip

|fam7=North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux

|fam8=Dobu–Duau

|map2=Lang Status 60-DE.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Mwatebu is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=mwa

|glotto=mwat1237

|glottorefname=Mwatebu

}}

Mwatebu is an Austronesian language spoken in a single village in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the single village of Mwatebu ({{coord|-10.03556|151.097717|type:city_region:PG|name=Mwatebu}}) in Duau Rural LLG, Milne Bay Province.{{cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PG/languages |title=Papua New Guinea languages |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=22nd |editor1-last=Eberhard |editor1-first=David M. |editor2-last=Simons |editor2-first=Gary F. |editor3-last=Fennig |editor3-first=Charles D. |date=2019 |location=Dallas |publisher=SIL International}}{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}