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

Wiarumus

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3tua

Population  460 (2000 census).
Region  East Sepik Province, Mandi village, southeast of Wewak on coast.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 167
Alternate names   Imandi, Mandi
Classification  Torricelli, Marienberg
Language use  Only people over 60 use it, middle aged people understand it, but only speak a few phrases; young people do not understand it. Very few speakers of 400 people in the village. Interest in revitalization.
Writing system  Latin script.