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

Bitur

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3mcc

Population  860 (2000 census).
Region  Western Province, southern bank and hinterland of Fly River; Upiara, Bisuaka, Petom, Tewara and Kasimap villages.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 14, reference number 654
Alternate names   Bituri, Dudi, Mutum, Paswam
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 52% with Makayam [aup], 35% with Wara [tci], 33% with Baramu [bmz].
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Tirio
Comments  Distinct from Makayam, Wara, and Baramu.