Bamu language

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

Bamu
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Bamu River
Native speakers	(5,400; 6,300 with Gama cited 2000 census)[1]
Language family	Kiwaian Bamu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bcf (with Gama)
Glottolog	bamu1257

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