Wiarumus language

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Wiarumus
Mandi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Ethnicity460 (2000 census)[1]
Native speakers
(160 cited 1981)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tua
Glottologwiar1238
ELPWiarumus

Wiarumus, AKA Mandi, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea, spoken in a village of just under 500. Only those villagers born before ca. 1940 can speak it.

References

  1. ^ Wiarumus at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Wiarumus at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005) Closed access icon