Dumun language

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Dumun
Bai (?)
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang Province
Native speakers
120 (2000 census) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dui
Glottolog dumu1246   Dumun
baim1246   Bai-Maclay
ELP Dumun
Lang Status 20-CR.svg
Dumun is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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]

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References

  1. Dumun at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. Dunn, Michael (January 2012). "Systematic typological comparison as a tool for investigating language history". Melanesian Languages on the Edge of Asia: Challenges for the 21st Century.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Bai-Maclay". Glottolog 4.3.