Gitua language

Gitua
Region	Morobe Province
Ethnicity	spoken by 70% (2000?)
Native speakers	(1600 cited 2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Ngero–Vitiaz Ngero Tuam Gitua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ggt
Glottolog	gitu1237

Gitua is an Austronesian language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Gitua is native village of Kelanoa town in Sialum, Huon Peninsula of Morobe Province. Papua New Guinea. The beautiful lagoon of Kelanoa is Kele harbour. The native Gitua language is one of the Austronesian language from Ngero Vitiaz language family- Bariai, Tuam, Malalamai. This also translated the migration of the Gitua people, probably and most of Gitua comes from Mengen Suluka, Bariai, Kulambi, Muniri, Bari Suaru and Jabem. The first village was settled on an Island. The mainland and coast area was occupied by the native land dwellers called Sumat Tribe the Sub Tribe originate from Surang Tribe during ice age time through Sahul and Sundra land. In 1906, the great earthquake shoke the area created tsunami that kills majority people of Gitua. Some moved inland and settled on the mainland. With this new location, created land dispute and tribal fight with the native Sumat Tribe which ends up with sumat been defeated and these Gitua people took over Simat Land. This fight continues with the collective number of warrior men still fighting into the gospel time from Kwamkwam and Sialum. Wacke and Stolz finds difficult with gospel work with Gitua and Sio people unlike Huon Gulf people.