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Dumun language

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Dumun
Bai (?)
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
120 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dui
Glottologdumu1246  Dumun
baim1246  Bai-Maclay
ELPDumun

Dumun is an endangered Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Dumun is reported to go by the name Bai, but evidently this is a distinct (though related) language, or at least a variety called Bai recorded by Maclay was distinct.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Dumun at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020) Closed access icon
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Glottolog2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).