Turumsa language

Turumsa is a possibly extinct Papuan language of Makapa village (7.937872°S 142.576135°E / -7.937872; 142.576135 (Makapa)) in Gogodala Rural LLG, Middle Fly District, Papua New Guinea.[3][4] It has been classified as a Bosavi language, and is 19% lexically similar with Dibiyaso, but this appears to be due to loans. It has a greater (61%) lexical similarity with Doso, its only clear relative.[5]

Turumsa
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
5 (2002)[1]
possibly extinct (2011)
Papuan Gulf ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3tqm
Glottologturu1250
ELPTurumsa[2]

There were only five elderly speakers found in 2002. Today, most people in Makapa village speak Dibiyaso.[6]

References

  1. Turumsa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Turumsa.
  3. 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.
  4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  5. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Turumsa". Glottolog 4.3.
  6. Palmer, Bill (2018). "Language families of the New Guinea Area". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 1–20. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.


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