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Wahgi, North

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3whg

Population  47,000 (1999 SIL).
Region  Western Highlands Province, Minj District, into Simbu Province, Wahgi River north side, and both sides of Sepik-Wahgi Divide.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 9, reference number 420
Dialects  Banz-Nondugl.
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Chimbu-Wahgi, Wahgi
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Between 2 to 5 dialects.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MCLEAN, Don; MCLEAN, Heather, facilitators. 2005. "North Wahgi (Yu We) language [Western Highlands Province]."  Available online

MCLEAN, Heather, author. 2005. "Grass roots literacy in North Wahgi."  Available online

PARKER, Stephen G., editor. 2005. Phonological descriptions of Papua New Guinea languages.

Vernacular Publications

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