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| Rumu | |
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| Kairi | |
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
| Native speakers | (700 cited 1990)[1] |
| Language family | Papuan Gulf ?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | klq |
| Glottolog | rumu1243 |
Rumu (Rumuwa), or Kairi (Kai-Iri), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Other names for it are Dumu (Tumu) and Kibiri.
References[edit]
- ^ John Newman and Robert G. Petterson, 1990, “The Tones of Kairi'”, Oceanic Linguistics, 29:1, p. 75 n. 2.
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