Guriaso or Muno is a language of Papua New Guinea. Only described in 1983, it appears to be distantly related to the Kwomtari and Nai languages. (See Senu River languages for details.) It is spoken in Guriaso ward (3°34′52″S 141°35′32″E / 3.581107°S 141.592197°E / -3.581107; 141.592197 (Guriaso)), Amanab Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.[1][2]

Guriaso
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
1,500 (2014)[1]
Senu River
  • Guriaso–Yale
    • Guriaso
Language codes
ISO 639-3grx
Glottologguri1248
ELPGuriaso
Coordinates: 3°34′52″S 141°35′32″E / 3.581107°S 141.592197°E / -3.581107; 141.592197 (Guriaso)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Guriaso at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

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