Turumsa language

Turumsa
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	5 (2002) [1] Possibly extinct (2011) [1]
Language family	Papuan Gulf  ? Strickland Doso–Turumsa Turumsa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tqm
Glottolog	turu1250
ELP	Turumsa

Turumsa is a possibly extinct Papuan language of Makapa village ( 7°56′16″S142°34′34″E / 7.937872°S 142.576135°E / -7.937872; 142.576135 (Makapa) ) in Gogodala Rural LLG, Middle Fly District, Papua New Guinea. ^{[1] [2]} It has been classified as a Bosavi language, and is 19% lexically similar with Dibiyaso, but this appears to be due to loans. It has a greater (61%) lexical similarity with Doso, its only clear relative. ^[3]

There were only five elderly speakers found in 2002. Today, most people in Makapa village speak Dibiyaso. ^[4]

References

1. Turumsa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Turumsa". Glottolog 4.3.
4. Palmer, Bill (2018). "Language families of the New Guinea Area". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 1–20. ISBN   978-3-11-028642-7.

• Endangered languages listing: TURUMSA [tqm]