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{{Short description|Tirio language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Bitur
|nativename=Mutum
|states=[[Papua New Guinea]]
|speakers=860
|date=2000 census
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=[[Trans–New Guinea languages|Trans–New Guinea]]
|fam2=Fly River (Anim)
|fam3=[[Tirio languages|Tirio]]
|fam4=Tirio–Bitur–Were
|iso3=mcc
|glotto=bitu1242
|glottorefname=Bitur
}}

'''Bitur''' (Bituri, Paswam, Mutum<ref name="Evans-Southern">{{Cite book |last=Evans |first=Nicholas |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |date=2018 |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7 |editor-last=Palmer |editor-first=Bill |series=The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |pages=641–774 |language=en |chapter=The languages of Southern New Guinea}}</ref>) is [[Papuan language]] of [[Western Province, Papua New Guinea]].

Bitur is spoken in Bisuaka ({{coord|-8.540481|142.70092|type:city_region:PG|name=Bisuaka (Saguanso)}}), Kasimap ({{coord|-8.589363|142.841446|type:city_region:PG|name=Kasimab}}), Petom ({{coord|-8.624387|142.688669|type:city_region:PG|name=Petom Hamlet}}), Tewara ({{coord|-8.51406|142.753434|type:city_region:PG|name=Tewara}}), and Upiara ({{coord|-8.546301|142.64927|type:city_region:PG|name=Upiara}}) villages of [[Oriomo-Bituri Rural LLG]].<ref name=e25 /><ref name="UN-PNG">{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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* {{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=Phillip G. |title=Phonetic Fieldwork in Southern New Guinea |date=2021 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |isbn=978-0-9979673-2-6 |editor-last=Lindsey |editor-first=Kate L. |series=Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication No. 24 |location=Honolulu |pages=108–119 |language=en |chapter=The Phonetics of Bitur |hdl=10125/24996 |editor-last2=Schokkin |editor-first2=Dineke |hdl-access=free}}
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== External links ==
* ELAR collection: [https://elar.soas.ac.uk/Collection/MPI1035092 Documentation and description of Bitur and preliminary investigation of the moribund Abom language] deposited by Phillip Rogers
{{Anim languages}}
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
[[Category:Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)]]
[[Category:Tirio languages]]


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