Dadibi

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Daribi, Karimui

Population

10,000 (1988 SIL). 1,000 monolinguals.

Location

South Simbu Province, Karimui district; Southern Highlands Province east corner. 28 villages.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Erave. Villages in Karimui and Negabo areas have minor dialect differences from standard Dadibi.

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Also use Folopa [ppo], Tok Pisin [tpi].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. Bible: 2001–2002.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.