Dima language explained

Dima language should not be confused with Dima-Bottego language.

Dima
Nativename:Jimajima
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Milne Bay Province
Speakers:750
Date:2001
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:Dagan
Iso3:jma
Glotto:dima1252
Glottorefname:Dima

Dima is a Papuan language of New Guinea. A word lists of Dima can be found in Ray (1938).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Ray, Sidney H. 1938. The languages of the Eastern and South-Eastern Division of Papua. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 68: 153–208.