Bongu language

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Bongu
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang Province
Native speakers
(850 cited 2000 census) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bpu
Glottolog bong1291

Bongu is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Examples of words

Russian loan words

Unlike other indigenous languages of Oceania, the Bongu language has several loan words from Russian. [2]

Bongu English Russian
arbuz watermelon арбуз
kukuruza corn кукуруза
topor axe топор

References

  1. ↑ Bongu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Russian Loan Words in the Indigenous Languages of Papua New Guinea".
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