Dadibi language

Dadibi
Dadibi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Simbu Province and Southern Highlands Province
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1988)[1]
Language family	Papuan Gulf ? Tua River Teberan Dadibi; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mps
Glottolog	dadi1250

Dadibi (also Daribi or Karimui) is a language of Papua New Guinea.[2] In 2001, the whole Bible (including the Old Testament) was translated into Dadibi.

Distribution

Dadibi is spoken in:[3]

Chimbu Province: Karimui-Nomane District, Tua River system
Southern Highlands Province: Kagua-Erave District, southeast corner, 28 villages
Jiwaka Province: southern extremity, South Waghi Rural LLG

References

Dadibi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
MacDonald, George E. 1976. Dadibi grammar: Morpheme to sentence. MA thesis: University of Papua New Guinea.
Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.

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[e18-1] Dadibi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] MacDonald, George E. 1976. Dadibi grammar: Morpheme to sentence. MA thesis: University of Papua New Guinea.

[Ethnologue-PNG-3] Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.