Wiru language
Encyclopedia
Wiru or Witu is the language spoken by the Wiru people
of Ialibu-Pangia District
of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
. It is a language isolate
within the family of Trans–New Guinea languages.
Wiru people
The Wiru are a people of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. They speak the Wiru language. Among their rituals is the production of timbuwarra out of rattan.-Reference:*"" in Man and Culture in Oceania, Vol. 15...
of Ialibu-Pangia District
Ialibu-Pangia District
Ialibu-Pangia District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Ialibu. The population was 50,243 at the 2000 census....
of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. It is a language isolate
Language isolate
A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical relationship with other languages; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common with any other language. They are in effect language families consisting of a single...
within the family of Trans–New Guinea languages.
Further reading
- "Outside and Inside Meanings: Non-Verbal and Verbal Modalities of Agonistic Communication the Wiru of Papua New Guinea" in Man and Culture in Oceania, Vol. 15