Wiru language
Wiru or Witu is the language spoken by the Wiru people of Ialibu-Pangia District of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.
There are a considerable number of resemblances with the Engan languages, suggesting Wiru might be a member of that family, but language contact has not been ruled out as the reason. Usher classifies it with the Teberan languages.Pronouns
Trans–New Guinea–like pronouns are no 1sg and ki-wi 2pl, ki-ta 2du.Evolution
Wiru reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea etyma are:
- ibi ‘name’ < *imbi
- nomo ‘louse’ < *niman
- laga ‘ashes’ < *laa
- tokene ‘moon’ < *takVn
- mane ‘instructions, incantations’ < *mana
- keda ‘heavy’ < *kea
- mo- ‘negative prefix’ < *ma-
