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Berik

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3: bkl

Population	1,200 (1994 SIL).
Region	Sarmi Regency, Tor Atas subdistrict; Bora Bora, Waf, Doronta, Beu, Togonfo, Dangken, Kondirjan, Somanente, Tenwer, Sewan, Safrontani and Taminambor villages. North coast area along mid and upper Tor River, inland from Sarmi.
Language map	Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 171
Alternate names	Berick, Berrik, Sewan Teteris, Upper Tor
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 45% with Keijar [kdy], 13% with Orya [ury].
Classification	Tor-Kwerba, Orya-Tor, Tor
Language development	NT: 1993.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Formerly the trade language of the Tor area. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BRILEY, Joyce E., author. 1977. "Some counting systems of Irian Jaya."

JONES, Linda K., author. 1988. In pursuit of discourse particles.

KALMBACHER, Carol J., author. 1983. "Came, female cannibal culture hero."

MATTHEWS, Delle, author. 1990. "The Berik literacy program: From illiteracy to national language proficiency."

PIKE, Kenneth L.; SUHARNO, Ignatius, editors. 1976. From Baudi to Indonesian.

SONGKILAWAN, Deetje; SOWENSO, Paulus; WESTRUM, Peter N.; WESTRUM, Susan, authors. 1986. Ol unggwanfer Berik olem = Perbendaharaan kata bahasa Berik = Berik vocabulary.

STERNER, Joyce K., author. 1994. Why analyze folktales? or what Came the female cannibal taught me.

WESTRUM, Peter N., author. 1976. "Preliminary analysis of Berik clause and clause root types."

WESTRUM, Peter N., author. 1982. "Berik social organization and kinship."

WESTRUM, Peter N., author. 1983. "An update on Berik social organization."

WESTRUM, Peter N., author. 1987. "The Berik particle ‘ga’."

WESTRUM, Peter N., author. 1988. "A grammatical sketch of Berik."

WESTRUM, Peter N.; WESTRUM, Susan, authors. 1975. "A preliminary Berik phonology."

WESTRUM, Peter N.; WIESEMANN, Ursula, authors. 1986. "Berik pronouns."

WESTRUM, Susan, author. 1976. "Chronological mapping as a useful tool in identifying semantic paragraph groupings in Berik, Irian Jaya, Indonesia."

WESTRUM, Susan, author. 1983. "Berik concepts of health."

Vernacular Publications

Au nejam buku Berik ol sa gerabiste! 1. 1983.

Au nejam buku Berik ol sa gerabiste! 2. 1983.

Au nejam buku Berik ol sa gerabiste! 4. 1983.

Au nejam buku Berik ol sa gerabiste! 5. 1984.

Buku jigal. 1982.

Buku ti. 1982.

Gagala berikmana. 1984.

Junu Tor bwalna. 1982.

Nebele nem ginanggwa. 1981.

Pedoman guru Au nejam buku berik ol sa gerabiste! Asaidi 1. 1984.

Pedoman guru Au nejam buku berik ol sa gerabiste! Asaidi 2. 1985.

Pedoman guru Au nejam buku berik ol sa gerabiste! Asaidi 3. 1985.

Percakapan-percakapan dalam bahasa Berik. 1979.