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Weri

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: wer

Population	4,160 (1978 K. McElhanon).
Region	Morobe Province, Wau District, Biaru, Waria, and Ono rivers’ headwaters.
Language maps	Papua New Guinea, Map 15, reference number 710 Papua New Guinea, Map 16, reference number 710
Alternate names	Wele, Weli
Dialects	Sim, Biaru-Waria, Ono.
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Goilalan, Kunimaipa
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. NT: 1984.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Boxwell, Helen and Maurice Boxwell. 1966. "Weri phonemes."

Boxwell, Helen. Available: 2008; Created: 1975. Information blocking in Weri.  

Boxwell, Maurice and Helen Boxwell. 1980. "Weri (Morobe Province)."

Boxwell, Maurice and Helen Boxwell. Available: 2008; Created: 1969. Weri verb phrases.  

Boxwell, Maurice. 1967. "Weri pronoun system."

Boxwell, Maurice. 1980. "Identification and movement of participants in Weri narrative discourse."

Boxwell, Maurice. 1990. Co-referentiality through nominal elements in Weri.  

Rule, Joan. 1965. "A comparison of certain phonemes of the languages of the Mendi and Nembi Valleys, Southern Highlands, Papua."

Vernacular Publications

Anëmaüru Aprëka yangerak wiaüru. 1975.

Animaö ngönön pepeweri wëa pörö. 1975.

Elar ngönöt. 1976.

Ilar ngunut 1. 1966.

Ilar ngunut 2. 1968.

Int pepewer. 1976.

Kaënuru ütpet yanëvas. n.d..

Ngun nentepar nenta pepewer. 1968.

Omnaröa kön itenak ëwat sëpnaawer. 1979.

Tlare seni. 1965.

Werë 1, 2. n.d..

Werë ngun pepewer. 1969.

Weri ilar ngönöt. 1976.

Weri pepewer. 1976.

Yang poutë omnaröa songönötre wëauta pepewer. 1976.