Barem language

Not to be confused with Bunaban languages.

Barem (Brem), also known as Bunabun (Bububun, Bunubun), is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Barem
Kambuar
Bunabun
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province
Native speakers	1,200 (2003)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Madang Croisilles Isumrud Dimir–Malas Barem
Language codes
ISO 639-3	buq
Glottolog	brem1238

Dialects

Barem dialects are:^{[3][2]: 42–43}

• Qkuan Kambuar (severely endangered, with only a few speakers around the Dibor River and in Tokain village (4.715575°S 145.633995°E / -4.715575; 145.633995 (Tokain)), a Waskia-speaking town)
• Kimbu Kambuar (extinct)
• Murukanam Barem, spoken in Murukanam village north of the Dibor river (4.628687°S 145.564185°E / -4.628687; 145.564185 (Murukanam))
• Asumbin, spoken in Asumbin village, Bunbun ward north and inland from Gildipasi (4.610883°S 145.494897°E / -4.610883; 145.494897 (Asumbin))
• Bunabun (spoken north of the Dibor River near the coast, including in Bunabun (4.593247°S 145.532458°E / -4.593247; 145.532458 (Bunabun)))