Purari language

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Purari
Spoken in: Purari River, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Total speakers: 7,000 (1991)
Language family: Trans-New Guinea
 Eleman
  Purari 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: paa
ISO 639-3: iar

Purari, also known as Koriki, Evorra, Namau, Iai, and Maipua, is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.

[edit] References

  • Holmes, J. H. (Jan.–Jun. 1913). "A Preliminary Study of the Namau Language, Purari Delta, Papua". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 43: 124–142. 

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