| Dia | |
|---|---|
| Metru | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | 1,800 (2003)[1] |
Torricelli
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dia |
| Glottolog | diaa1238 |
| ELP | Alu |
Dia is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea.
History
Both Dia and the closely related Sinagen language go by the names Alu and Galu.
References
- Dia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
External links
- Paradisec holds an open access collection of Dia recordings, including lexical items, verb paradigms, stories, cry-singing and remarks.
- Paradisec also houses a collection of Arthur Capell's materials that include Dia (AC2), and notebooks from Don Laycock (DL2) that also. Both of these collections are open access.