Witu
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Witu may refer to
- WitulandWitulandWituland was an approximately territory in East Africa centered on the town of Witu just inland from Indian Ocean port of Lamu north of the mouth of the Tana River in what is now Kenya.-History:Founded in 1858 by the former ruler of the insular Pate sultanate after several abortive moves to the...
- Vitu languageVitu languageVitu or Muduapa is an Oceanic language spoken by about 7,000 people on the islands northwest of the coast of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea.-Classification:...
(which is also spelled Witu) - Wiru (which is also called Witu):
- Wiru peopleWiru peopleThe Wiru are a people of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. They speak the Wiru language. Among their rituals is the production of timbuwarra out of rattan.-Reference:*"" in Man and Culture in Oceania, Vol. 15...
- Wiru languageWiru languageWiru or Witu is the language spoken by the Wiru people of Ialibu-Pangia District of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a language isolate within the family of Trans–New Guinea languages.-Further reading:...
- Wiru people