Barem language
language
Barem (Brem), also known as Bunabun (Bububun, Bunubun), is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Dialects
Barem dialects are:
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)))
References
Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. doi:10.15144/PL-572. ISBN 0858835622.
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