Glottolog 5.1

Spoken L1 Language: Wiru

Wiru

Family membership references

Harland B. Kerr 1975

Comments on family membership

Wiru shares some cultural vocabulary and some typological features with Engan Harland B. Kerr 1975 but is otherwise very different Karl J. Franklin 1975 . I am indebted to Tim Usher for bringing to my attention how different Wiru actually is from Engan.

Endangerment

AES status:: threatened
Source:: Campbell, Lyle and Lee, Nala Huiying and Okura, Eve and Simpson, Sean and Ueki, Kaori 2022
Comment:: Wiru (5177-wiu) = Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
(see Lewis 2009)

Glottocode: wiru1244
ISO 639-3: wiu

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References ⇫

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Name	Title	Year	Pages	Doctype	Provider

Kerr, Harland B. 1966	A preliminary statement of Witu grammar	1966	150	grammar	cldf, silpng
Kerr, Harland B. 1967	A preliminary statement of Witu grammar: the syntactic role and structure of the verb	1967	138	grammar_sketch	cldf, hh
Harland Kerr 1975	Witu take ageleke Pitini yameteko boku (A book for Witus to learn Pidgin, adapted from Agaa repo buku, by Karl and Joice Franklin and Yapua Kirapeasi) [diglot phrase book, Witu and Melanesian Pidgin]	1975	36	grammar_sketch	silpng
Kerr, Harland B. 1972	Witu-English and English-Witu Dictionary	1972	430	dictionary	hh
Caroline Hendy and Don Daniels 2021	The Wiru Noun-Modifying Clause Construction	2021	31	specific_feature	hh
Kerr, Harland B. 1964	Constructions involving small-list word classes in Witu	1964	12	specific_feature	hh
G. Collier 1975	Witu ali atoane laa kiti (Myths of the Witu people)	1975	75	text	silpng
John Z'graggen 1975	Comparative Wordlists of the Gulf District and Adjacent Areas	1975	112	overview, wordlist	cldf, hh
Karl J. Franklin 1973	Appendices	1973	54	overview, wordlist	hh
Harland B. Kerr 1975	The Relationship of Wiru in the Southern Highlands District to Languages of the East New Guinea Highlands Stock	1975	20	overview, comparative	cldf, hh, sil16
Stephen A. Wurm 1975	Eastern Central Trans-New Guinea Phylum Languages	1975	66	overview, minimal, comparative	cldf, hh
na 2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	2009		comparative	cldf
G. Collier and Taleka Pine 1974	Ali atoa wenea kake poateko agale (A new way for people) [trial reader]	1974	14	ethnographic	silpng
Fullingim, Michael 1988	Of pigs, men and life: a glimpse at Wiru society	1988	13	ethnographic	sil16
na 1967	Make: Makeyo Godene epetane agale wia mekane boku (Gospel of Mark)	1967	174		silpng
na 1975	Witu ali atoane laa kiti	1975	75		sil16
G. Collier and Yakita Wake Poeya Matama and Epei Kedo and Graham Collier 1973	Witu take ini boku (Birds of the Wiru area)	1973	69		silpng
na 1973	Witu take ini boku	1973	69		sil16
Paea Lal ____ and Yapera 1968	Yetuke epetekoa akene agale Yoneyo wia mekane boku (Gospel of John) [trial]	1968	65		silpng
Harland Kerr and Marie Kerr and others 1963	Godene boku Witumoke (Selections from Genesis, Matthew and Luke)	1963	61		silpng
Harland Kerr and Marie Kerr 1993	Witu yename oi moatiki pipia: Tube yono [primer 3]	1993	52		silpng
Harland Kerr and Marie Kerr 1993	Witu yename oi moatiki pipia: Kadapi [primer 4]	1993	52		silpng
na 1993	Witu yename oi moatiki pipia: Tube yono (Primer 3)	1993	52		sil16
na 1993	Witu yename oi moatiki pipia: Kadapi (Primer 4)	1993	52		sil16
na 1975	Witu mati kitane ulu tikile	1975	50		sil16
na 2000	Witu yename agale wiatiki boku kadapi (Writing book 4)	2000	48		sil16
Kupa Keai ____ and Yapera 1970	Apotelo ali kit me yakete tanemo boku 1 (Acts 1-12)	1970	48		silpng
na 1993	Witu yename oi moatiki pipia: Ege	1993	44		sil16
Harland Kerr and Marie Kerr 1993	Witu yename oi moatiki pipia [primer 1]	1993	43		silpng
na 1965	Make liti boku (Selections from Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and Mark)	1965	42		silpng
na 1965	Make (Gospel of Mark 1-4, 9) [trial]	1965	42		silpng
na 2000	Witu yename agale wiatiki boku tube yono (Writing book 3)	2000	40		sil16
na 2000	Witu yename agale wiatiki boku tatigi (Writing book 2)	2000	36		sil16
na 1975	Witu yenane latikiya boku	1975	36		sil16
G. Collier 1975	Ko melepu kakoa Witu ali kitame witane agale boku (Original stories written by six Witu men)	1975	34		silpng
na 1975	Ko melepu kakoa Witu ali kitame witane agale boku	1975	34		sil16
na 1975	Witu take tu kiti boku (Furred mammals of the Witu area)	1975	33		silpng
na 1975	Witu take tu kiti boku	1975	33		sil16
na 1975	Witu take agaleke pitini yameteko boku	1975	33		sil16
na 1975	Witu ali atoane padele kiti tiki boku	1975	32		sil16
Harland Kerr and Yamo Punupo 1965	Egome kiwipala poi teigo (Tr. from Flies are your enemy, by Camilla Wedgewood) [health book, Wiru and English diglot], 28 pp. (100). Rep. 1970 (500). 2nd edn. 1973	1965	31		silpng
G. Collier 1974	Witu kitane nee ibini (Wiru foods) [trial reader]	1974	29		silpng
na 2000	Witu yename agale wiatiki boku ege (Writing book 1)	2000	28		sil16
na 1970	Egome kiwipala poi teigo	1970	28		sil16
na 1975	Witu take kaia boku	1975	26		sil16
G. Collier 1974	Witu take kaia boku (Snakes of the Wiru area) [trial reader], 22 pp. (50). 2nd edn. 1975 by Graham COLLIER	1974	26		silpng
na 1964	Boku 1	1964	26		sil16
Harland Kerr 1970	Apetika take yakiya kiti (African animals), 21 pp. (500). 2nd edn. 1973	1970	25		silpng
na 1964	Yotepene tane agale boku (Genesis 42-47)	1964	25		silpng
____ and others 1964	Yotepe tane agale boku (Genesis 37-41)	1964	24		silpng
Kerr, Harland B. 1987	A theory of language organisation based on Hjelmslev's function oriented theory of language	1987	21		sil16
na 1970	Apetika take yakiya kiti	1970	21		sil16
____ ____ and ____ 1970	Lomane: Poloyo Lome take meane yenane wia wetekane agale (Romans 1-4)	1970	14		silpng
na 1984	kadapi	1984	4		sil16
na 1970	[4 booklets of simple stories]	1970	4		silpng
Hammarström, Harald 2017	Language isolates in the New Guinea region	2017			cldf
Aristar, Anthony and Aristar-Dry, Helen and Xie, Yichun 2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)	2012			cldf
na 2001	Witu yename oi moatiki boku tube yono; Witu yename oi moatiki boku (Primer 3 and 4)	2001			sil16
na 2000	Witu yename oi moatiki boku ege; Witu yename oi moatiki boku tatigi	2000			sil16
na 1970	[readers]	1970			sil16
Harland Kerr and Marie Kerr 1965	Witumoke 1-4 [trial readers], 4, 6, 4, 16 pp. (205). Witumoke 4 rep	1965			silpng
na 1965	Witumoke	1965			sil16

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