Brem language

Brem
	Kambuar
	Bunabun
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province
Native speakers	1,200 (2003)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Madang Croisilles Isumrud Dimir–Malas Brem; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	buq
Glottolog	brem1238

Brem (Barem), also known as Bunabun (Bububun, Bunubun), is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Barem dialects are:[2]

Qkuan Kambuar (severely endangered)
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))

References

Brem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Pick, Andrew (2019). "Gildipasi language project: tumbuna stories and tumbuna knowledge". Endangered Languages Archive at SOAS, University of London.

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. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.

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