Table 10.  Language Use by District, West New Britain: 2000                     
  Total Kandrian/Gloucester Talasea
ENGLISH
    Total 123,198 35,459 87,739
English 62,397 14,066 48,331
No English 60,801 21,393 39,408
     Males 66,880 18,223 48,657
English 36,527 8,247 28,280
No English 30,353 9,976 20,377
    Females 56,318 17,236 39,082
English 25,870 5,819 20,051
No English 30,448 11,417 19,031
PIDGIN
    Total 123,104 35,433 87,671
Pidgin 82,276 19,874 62,402
No pidgin 40,828 15,559 25,269
   Males 66,826 18,208 48,618
Pidgin 46,998 11,135 35,863
No pidgin 19,828 7,073 12,755
    Females 56,278 17,225 39,053
Pidgin 35,278 8,739 26,539
No pidgin 21,000 8,486 12,514
MOTU
     Total 120,760 34,504 86,256
Motu 1,255 200 1,055
No motu 119,505 34,304 85,201
     Males 65,544 17,731 47,813
Motu 799 126 673
No motu 64,745 17,605 47,140
   Females 55,216 16,773 38,443
Motu 456 74 382
No motu 54,760 16,699 38,061
OTHER LANGUAGE
     Total 184,508 55,716 128,792
Other language 69,094 18,180 50,914
No other language 54,007 17,245 36,762
NR 3,427 1,271 2,156
NA 57,980 19,020 38,960
    Males 99,015 28,907 70,108
Other language 39,500 10,218 29,282
No other language 27,319 7,986 19,333
NR 1,767 645 1,122
NA 30,429 10,058 20,371
    Females 85,493 26,809 58,684
Other language 29,594 7,962 21,632
No other language 26,688 9,259 17,429
NR 1,660 626 1,034
NA 27,551 8,962 18,589
Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census