Wiarumus language explained

Wiarumus
Nativename:Mandi
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:East Sepik Province
Coordinates:-3.6153°N 143.7268°W
Ethnicity:460 (2000 census)
Speakers:460
Date:2000 census
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Torricelli
Fam2:Marienberg
Iso3:tua
Glotto:wiar1238
Glottorefname: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. It is spoken in the Mandi village (-3.6153°N 143.7268°W), Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.