Bitur language

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Bitur
Mutum
Native to Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
860 (2000 census) [1]
Trans–New Guinea
  • Fly River (Anim)
    • Tirio
      • Tirio–Bitur–Were
        • Bitur
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mcc
Glottolog bitu1242

Bitur (Bituri, Paswam, Mutum [2] ) is Papuan language of Western Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Bitur is spoken in Bisuaka ( 8°32′26″S142°42′03″E / 8.540481°S 142.70092°E / -8.540481; 142.70092 (Bisuaka (Saguanso)) ), Kasimap ( 8°35′22″S142°50′29″E / 8.589363°S 142.841446°E / -8.589363; 142.841446 (Kasimab) ), Petom ( 8°37′28″S142°41′19″E / 8.624387°S 142.688669°E / -8.624387; 142.688669 (Petom Hamlet) ), Tewara ( 8°30′51″S142°45′12″E / 8.51406°S 142.753434°E / -8.51406; 142.753434 (Tewara) ), and Upiara ( 8°32′47″S142°38′57″E / 8.546301°S 142.64927°E / -8.546301; 142.64927 (Upiara) ) villages of Oriomo-Bituri Rural LLG. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Bitur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN   978-3-11-028642-7.
  3. 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.
  4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

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