Bumbita language
Bumbita (But Arapesh) is an Arapesh language (Torricelli) of Papua New Guinea spoken mainly by older adults, unlike other Arapesh languages. Dialects are Bonahoi, Urita, Timingir, Weril, Werir. It is spoken in 13 villages of Bumbita-Muhian Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
| Bumbita | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Bumbita-Muhian Rural LLG, East Sepik Province (13 villages) |
| Ethnicity | spoken by 40–50% (2003?)[1] |
Native speakers | 4,300 (2003)[2] |
Torricelli
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aon |
| Glottolog | bumb1241 |
| ELP | Bumbita[3] |
Dialects
- Bonahoi dialect: spoken in Bonohol ward (3.61353°S 142.860922°E)
- Urita dialect: spoken in Urita ward (3.635093°S 142.87486°E)
- Timingir dialect: spoken in Timigir ward (3.645181°S 142.870859°E)
- Weril dialect
- Werir dialect
References
- Bumbita language at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- Bumbita at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Bumbita.
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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