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Wiru

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: wiu

Population	15,300 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Region	Southern Highlands Province, Ialibu District.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 9, reference number 410
Alternate names	Witu
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Wiru
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 1990.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Wiru Organised Phonology Data.  

FULLINGIM, Michael, author. 1988. "Of pigs, men and life: a glimpse at Wiru society."

KERR, Harland B., author. 1966. A preliminary statement of Witu grammar.

KERR, Harland B., author. 1975. "The relationship of Wiru in the Southern Highlands District to languages of the East New Guinea Highlands stock."

KERR, Harland B., author. 1987. "A theory of language organisation based on Hjelmslev’s function oriented theory of language."

Vernacular Publications

[readers]. 1970.

Apetika take yakiya kiti. 1970.

Boku 1. 1964.

Egome kiwipala poi teigo. 1970.

kadapi. 1984.

Ko melepu kakoa Witu ali kitame witane agale boku. 1975.

Witu ali atoane laa kiti. 1975.

Witu ali atoane padele kiti tiki boku. 1975.

Witu mati kitane ulu tikile. 1975.

Witu take agaleke pitini yameteko boku. 1975.

Witu take ini boku. 1973.

Witu take kaia boku. 1975.

Witu take tu kiti boku. 1975.

Witu yename agale wiatiki boku ege (Writing book 1). 2000.

Witu yename agale wiatiki boku kadapi (Writing book 4). 2000.

Witu yename agale wiatiki boku tatigi (Writing book 2). 2000.

Witu yename agale wiatiki boku tube yono (Writing book 3). 2000.

Witu yename oi moatiki boku ege; Witu yename oi moatiki boku tatigi. 2000.

Witu yename oi moatiki boku tube yono; Witu yename oi moatiki boku (Primer 3 and 4). 2001.

Witu yename oi moatiki pipia: Ege. 1993.

Witu yename oi moatiki pipia: Kadapi (Primer 4). 1993.

Witu yename oi moatiki pipia: Tube yono (Primer 3). 1993.

Witu yenane latikiya boku. 1975.

Witumoke. 1965.