Dia language

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Dia
Metru
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Sandaun Province
Native speakers
1,800 (2003) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dia
Glottolog diaa1238
ELP Alu

Dia is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Both Dia and the closely related Sinagen language go by the names Alu and Galu.

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References

  1. Dia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)