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Wahgi

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3wgi

Population  39,000 (1999 SIL).
Region  Western Highlands Province, Minj District, into Simbu Province, south of Wahgi River.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 9, reference number 425
Alternate names   Mid Wahgi
Dialects  Kup-Minj (Kumai), Pukamigl-Andegabu, Kunjip, Kambia, Mid-Wahgi.
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Chimbu-Wahgi, Wahgi
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1989.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. n.d.. Wahgi Organised Phonology Data.  Available online

PHILLIPS, Donald J., author. 1973. "The influence of English on a tribal alphabet; or, The phoneme or the allophone?."

PHILLIPS, Donald J., author; HEALEY, Alan, consultant. 1970. Wahgi paragraphs.

Vernacular Publications

Kinyim yu weii rany roda yu 1-4. 1965.

Kopii abull ka edil. 1965.

Ollma na ej kab allab kiny yap kes ejip yu por. 1965.

Rany coda yu pak roda yu. 1965.

Yu Englis pisilmo?. 1965.