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Iteri language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

Language family
  
Left May Iteri

Glottolog
  
iter1241

Native speakers
  
480 (2003)

ISO 639-3
  
itr

Region
  
Sandaun Province, Rocky Peak Mountains.

Iteri is a Left May language of New Guinea, in the Rocky Peak Mountains of Sandaun Province. There are about 475 speakers in all.

Alternate names include Alowiemino, Laro, Iyo, Yinibu, and Rocky Peak. (Some list Rocky Peak/Yinibu as a separate language; insufficient research has been conducted as to the exact relation among the languages in the Left May dialect continuum.)

Most speakers are monolingual, but some also speak Ama.

References

Iteri language Wikipedia