Bamu language explained

Bamu
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	Bamu River
Speakers:	with Gama
Date:	2000 census
Ref:	e25
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Kiwaian
Iso3:	bcf
Glotto:	bamu1257
Glottorefname:	Bamu
Iso3comment:	(with Gama)

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

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:

• Gama
• Lower Bamu
• Sisiame (-8.1049°N 143.5706°W)^[1]
• Upper Bamu (Middle Bamu)
• Nuhiro

Notes and References

1. Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.