Barem language

Isumrud language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Barem
Kambuar
Bunabun
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province
Native speakers
1,200 (2003)[1]
Language family
Trans–New Guinea?
  • Madang
    • Croisilles
      • Isumrud
        • Dimir–Malas
          • Barem
Language codes
ISO 639-3buq
Glottologbrem1238
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Barem (Brem), also known as Bunabun (Bububun, Bunubun), is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2]

Dialects

Barem dialects are:[3][2]: 42–43 

  • Qkuan Kambuar (severely endangered, with only a few speakers around the Dibor River and in Tokain village (4°42′56″S 145°38′02″E / 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°37′43″S 145°33′51″E / 4.628687°S 145.564185°E / -4.628687; 145.564185 (Murukanam))
  • Asumbin, spoken in Asumbin village, Bunbun ward north and inland from Gildipasi (4°36′39″S 145°29′42″E / 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°35′36″S 145°31′57″E / 4.593247°S 145.532458°E / -4.593247; 145.532458 (Bunabun)))

References

  1. ^ Barem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  3. ^ 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.
  • Qkuan Kambuar recordings
  • Additional Qkuan Kambuar recordings
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Madang languages
Northern Adelbert
(Croisilles)
Manep–Barem
Kumil–Tibor
Numugen
Kaukombar
other
Southern Adelbert
Tomul (Josephstaal)
Sogeram (Wanang)
Kalam
Mabuso
Kokan
Gum
Hanseman
other
Mindjim
Rai Coast
(South Madang)
Awung
Brahman
Evapia
Peka
Nuru
Kabenau
other
Yaganon(unclear)


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