Bo language (New Guinea)

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Bo
Sorimi
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Sandaun Province
Native speakers
(85 cited 1998) [1]
Dialects
  • Kaboru
  • Nikiyama
  • Umuruta
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bpw
Glottolog bopa1235
ELP Bo

Bo (Po, Sorimi) is a possible Left May language of New Guinea, in Sandaun and East Sepik Provinces. It is essentially undocumented, and its status as a separate language is unconfirmed. [1] It is spoken in Bo, Kaumifi, Kobaru, and Nigyama Umarita villages in Sandaun Province. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.