Vitou language

Vitou
Vitou
Manirem, Takar
Native to	Indonesia
Region	West Papua
Native speakers	630 (2007)
Language family	Foja Range (Tor–Kwerba) Orya–Tor Tor Tor Coast East Vitou–Betaf Vitou; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vto
Glottolog	vito1235

Last updated December 17, 2025

Vitou (Manirem, Takar) is a Papuan language of Indonesia used mainly by older adults. It is spoken in Takar village, Sarmi Regency,^[1] and is one of two languages known as "Manirem", the other being Betaf.^[2]

References

1 2 Vitou at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ Evans, Nicholas; Gil, David; Himmelmann, Nikolaus; Riesberg, Sonja; Sawaki, Yusuf (2017). "Session 4: Languages of Wallacea". An initial look at Manirem, also known as Betaf (bfe) and Vitou (vto) (PDF) (Report). Workshop on the Languages of Papua 4. Manokwari: Center for Endangered Languages Documentation, University of Papua; ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australian National University; Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History; University of Cologne.

This Papuan languages–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[e25-1] 1 2 Vitou at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Evans, Nicholas; Gil, David; Himmelmann, Nikolaus; Riesberg, Sonja; Sawaki, Yusuf (2017). "Session 4: Languages of Wallacea". An initial look at Manirem, also known as Betaf (bfe) and Vitou (vto) (PDF) (Report). Workshop on the Languages of Papua 4. Manokwari: Center for Endangered Languages Documentation, University of Papua; ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australian National University; Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History; University of Cologne.

[1]

[2]