Witu | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: wiu
Alternate Names: Wiru
Autonym: Witu
Population: 20,000 (Stewart and Strathern 2002).
Location:: Southern Highlands province: Ialibu district.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Trans-New Guinea, Wiru
Language Use: Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Franklin and Kerr 2020). Used as L2 by East Kewapi [kjs], Imbongu [imo].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 1990.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Witu
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Southern Highlands province: Ialibu district.