Weri

WER

developing

Alternate Names: Wele, Weli

Dialects: Biaru-Waria, Ono, Sim.

Genealogy:

Trans-New Guinea

Southeast Papuan

Goilalan

Kunimaipa

Demographics: 4,160 (McElhanon 1978).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. NT: 1984.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea