Bosmun language
Ramu language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Bosman | |
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Bosngun | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Madang Province (5 villages) |
Native speakers | 1,300 (2004)[1] |
Language family | Ramu
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bqs |
Glottolog | bosn1248 |
ELP | Bosmun |
Coordinates: 4°10′35″S 144°38′55″E / 4.176323°S 144.648727°E / -4.176323; 144.648727 (Bosmun Comm. Sch) |
Bosman (Bosmun, Bosngun) is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken five villages of Dongan ward, Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province (4°10′35″S 144°38′55″E / 4.176323°S 144.648727°E / -4.176323; 144.648727 (Bosmun Comm. Sch)).[2][3]
Like Watam, it shares a number of irregular plural markers with the Lower Sepik languages, supporting the proposal of a Ramu – Lower Sepik language family.
References
- ^ Bosman at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
External links
- Rosetta Project: Bosmun Swadesh List
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