The Australian linguist Geoffrey Hull coined the acronym Kawaimina to refer to them as a dialect continuum but it is preferable to understand them as separate languages.

The Dutch linguist Aone Van Engelenhoven applies the label Eastern Extra-Ramelaic languages.

However, its vocabulary is to some extent Papuan, due to contact with Makasae, which surrounds and cohabits with Naueti.

The variety of Naueti spoken in Uatolari is also reported to feature a higher percentage of Makasae loans as a result of increased contact.

[2] Veloso (2016: 5–6) reports that most men over 20 in the Uatolari subdistrict have “at least excellent negotiation skills in Makasae”.