Bamu language

Papuan language of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bamu, or Bamu Kiwai, is a Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea.

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Bamu
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionBamu River
Native speakers
(5,400; 6,300 with Gama cited 2000 census)[1]
Kiwaian
  • Bamu
Language codes
ISO 639-3bcf (with Gama)
Glottologbamu1257
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A thousand speakers of Gama are included in the ISO code for Bamu. However, Ethnologue notes that lexical similarity is below 80% with the most similar dialect of Bamu proper.

Dialects

Dialects are:[1]

  • Gama
  • Lower Bamu
  • Sisiame (8.104866°S 143.570587°E / -8.104866; 143.570587 (Sisiami No. 1))[2]
  • Upper Bamu (Middle Bamu)
  • Nuhiro

References

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