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Guhu-Samane

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: ghs

Population	12,800 (2000 census).
Region	Morobe Province, Lae District, some in Oro Province, Kanoma and Sidema villages northward.
Language maps	Papua New Guinea, Map 15, reference number 712 Papua New Guinea, Map 16, reference number 712
Alternate names	Bia, Mid-Waria, Muri, Paiawa, Tahari
Dialects	Sekare. Lexical similarity: 18% with Suena [sue] and Zia [zia] (most similar).
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Binanderean, Guhu-Samane
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. NT: 1975–1983.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2003. Guhu-Samane Organised Phonology Data.  

HARRISON, J. Daniel, author. 1975. "Community education among the Guhu-Samanes."

HOOPUSU, Ttopoqogo; RICHERT, Ernest L., compilers; BJORKMAN, Doris; TTOPOQOGO, Mumure, editors. 2002. Noo supu: a triglot dictionary.  

RICHERT, Ernest L., author. 1963. Native reaction as a guide to meaningful translation.

RICHERT, Ernest L., author. 1965. "How the Guhu-Samane cult of ‘Poro’ affects translation."

RICHERT, Ernest L., author. 1975. "Sentence structure of Guhu-Samane."

RICHERT, Ernest L., author. 2007. An introduction to Mid-Waria grammar.  

RICHERT, Ernest L., compiler; BJORKMAN, Doris, editor. 2007. Guhu-Samene Lexicon.  

RICHERT, Ernest L.; RICHERT, Marjorie, authors. 1972. "Phonology of Guhu-Samane."

Vernacular Publications

Ana hiire 1. n.d.

Dzoo noo. 1960.

Isaisa dzooma 1. 1964.

Isaisa qeema 5. 1965.

Isaisa qooba 4. 1965.

Isaisa tarama 3. 1965.

Isaisa torouma 6. 1966.

Isaisa ttittidzoma 2. 1964.

Noma ma naka. n.d.

Sama korakora noo. 1963.

Tunaho noo. 1965.