Wiarumus language
Appearance
Wiarumus | |
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Mandi | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Ethnicity | 460 (2000 census)[1] |
Native speakers | (160 cited 1981)[2] |
Torricelli
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tua |
Glottolog | wiar1238 |
ELP | Wiarumus |
Wiarumus, a.k.a. 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.
External links
- Paradisec has two open access collections that include Wiarumus language materials; the first is Don Laycock's (DL2), the second is William Foley's (WF3)
References
- ^ Wiarumus at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Wiarumus at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)