Tembagla language

Bo-Ung
Tembagla
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Southern Highlands Province
Native speakers	(41,000 cited 2000 census) [1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Chimbu–Wahgi Hagen Bo-Ung
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mux
Glottolog	boun1245

Tembagla, also known as Bo-Ung (Mbo-Ung), is one of the languages spoken in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Geographically the people are Kaugel, but their language appears to be closer to the related Medlpa.

Dialects are Ku Waru, Mara-Gomu, Miyemu (Miyem), and Tembalo (Tembaglo).

See also

• Kailge Sign Language

References

1. Bo-Ung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links

• Bowers, Nancy; Lepi, Pundia (1975). "Kaugel Valley systems of reckoning" (PDF). Journal of the Polynesian Society. 84 (3): 309–324. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-04.
• The New Testament in the Mara-Gomu dialect of the Bo-Ung Language of Papua New Guinea Archived 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine