Berinomo language

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Bitara
Berinomo
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region East Sepik Province
Native speakers
350 (2000 census) [1]
Sepik
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bit
Glottolog beri1253
ELP Berinomo
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Bitara, or Berinomo, is a Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province, Papua-New Guinea.

It is spoken in Bitara ( 4°26′22″S142°27′34″E / 4.439398°S 142.459545°E / -4.439398; 142.459545 (Bitara) ) and Kagiru ( 4°28′14″S142°28′54″E / 4.470453°S 142.481622°E / -4.470453; 142.481622 (Kagiru) ) villages of Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Bitara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.