| Wiarumus | |
|---|---|
| Mandi | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
| Ethnicity | 460 (2000 census) |
| Native speakers | (460 cited 2000 census) |
| Language family | Torricelli
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tua |
| Glottolog | wiar1238 |
| ELP | Wiarumus |
| Coordinates: 3°36′55″S 143°43′36″E / 3.615291°S 143.726763°E / -3.615291; 143.726763 (Mandi) | |
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. It is spoken in the Mandi village (3°36′55″S 143°43′36″E / 3.615291°S 143.726763°E / -3.615291; 143.726763 (Mandi)), Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
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 (25th ed., 2022)
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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| Maimai | |
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