Silimo

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Paiyage, South Ngalik, Usak, Wulik

Population

5,000 (1987 SIL). 2,500 monolinguals.

Location

Papua Province, central highlands south of the range immediately west of Baliem River, Amo and Kiniage valleys.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Lower Samenage.

Language Development

NT: 1992.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.