Bitur language
Appearance
Bitur | |
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Mutum | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 860 (2000 census)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mcc |
Glottolog | bitu1242 |
Bitur is Papuan language of Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
Bitur is spoken in Bisuaka (8°32′26″S 142°42′03″E / 8.540481°S 142.70092°E), Kasimap (8°35′22″S 142°50′29″E / 8.589363°S 142.841446°E), Petom (8°37′28″S 142°41′19″E / 8.624387°S 142.688669°E), Tewara (8°30′51″S 142°45′12″E / 8.51406°S 142.753434°E), and Upiara (8°32′47″S 142°38′57″E / 8.546301°S 142.64927°E) villages of Oriomo-Bituri Rural LLG.[2][3]
References
- ^ Bitur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
External links
- ELAR collection: Documentation and description of Bitur and preliminary investigation of the moribund Abom language deposited by Phillip Rogers