Purari

IAR

developing

Alternate Names: Evorra, Iai, Koriki, Maipua, Namau

Dialects: Iai (Namau), Purari. Apparently unrelated to other Gulf Province languages.

Genealogy:

Trans-New Guinea
Eleman
Purari

Demographics: 7,000 (2011 SIL).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Poetry. Dictionary. NT: 1920.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea