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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Kire

Kire

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3geb

Population  2,420 (2003 SIL).
Region  Madang Province, lower Ramu, Garati village area.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 181
Alternate names   Gire, Giri, Kire-Puire
Classification  Ramu-Lower Sepik, Ramu, Mikarew
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 5%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. NT: 2002.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Kire Organised Phonology Data.  Available online

CLIFTON, John M.; PRYOR, David, authors. 1987. "Nasalisation in Kire."  Available online