Barem language explained
Barem language should not 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.[1]
Dialects
Barem dialects are:[2] [1]
- Qkuan Kambuar (severely endangered, with only a few speakers around the Dibor River and in Tokain village (-4.7156°N 145.634°W), a Waskia-speaking town)
- Kimbu Kambuar (extinct)
- Murukanam Barem, spoken in Murukanam village north of the Dibor river (-4.6287°N 145.5642°W)
- Asumbin, spoken in Asumbin village, Bunbun ward north and inland from Gildipasi (-4.6109°N 145.4949°W)
- Bunabun (spoken north of the Dibor River near the coast, including in Bunabun (-4.5932°N 145.5325°W))
External links
Notes and References
- PhD dissertation . Pick . Andrew . 2020 . A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon . University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa .
- Pick . Andrew . 2019 . Gildipasi language project: tumbuna stories and tumbuna knowledge . Endangered Languages Archive at SOAS, University of London.