Yipma | |
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Baruya | |
Spoken in | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morobe Province |
Ethnicity | Baruya etc. |
Native speakers | 6,600 (1990 census) |
Language family |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | byr |
Yipma is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Wantakia, Baruya (Barua), Gulicha, Usirampia (Wuzuraabya).
'Baruya' is often used as the name of the language as a whole, but 'Yipma' is more acceptable to speakers of other dialects.