Tuma-Irumu language

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Tuma
Irumu
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Morobe Province
Native speakers
1,100 (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 iou
Glottolog tuma1250

Tuma, or (Upper) Irumu, is of one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.

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References

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