Wiarumus language

Wiarumus
Mandi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Ethnicity460 (2000 census)[1]
Native speakers
460 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tua
Glottologwiar1238
ELPWiarumus
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.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wiarumus at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.