Tairuma language

Tairuma
Uaripi
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Gulf Province
Native speakers
4,500 (2004)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes
ISO 639-3 uar
Glottolog tair1256[2]

Tairuma, also known as Uaripi after its location, is a Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Tairuma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tairuma". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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