Wiarumus language

Wiarumus, a.k.a. Mandi, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea, spoken in a village of just under 500. Only those villagers born before ca. 1940 can speak it. It is spoken in the Mandi village (3.615291°S 143.726763°E / -3.615291; 143.726763 (Mandi)), Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.^[1][2]

Wiarumus
Mandi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	East Sepik Province
Ethnicity	460 (2000 census)[1]
Native speakers	(460 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language family	Torricelli Marienberg Wiarumus
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tua
Glottolog	wiar1238
ELP	Wiarumus
Coordinates: 3.615291°S 143.726763°E / -3.615291; 143.726763 (Mandi)

External links

• Paradisec has two open access collections that include Wiarumus language materials; the first is Don Laycock's (DL2), the second is William Foley's (WF3)