Toura language (Papua New Guinea)

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Toura
RegionEastern New Guinea
Native speakers
1,800 (2007) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 don
Glottolog tour1243

Toura (Doura) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the central southern coast of the Papuan Peninsula in Papua New Guinea.

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References

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