| Dumun | |
|---|---|
| Bai (?) | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 120 (2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dui |
| Glottolog | dumu1246 Dumunbaim1246 Bai-Maclay |
| ELP | Dumun |
 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]
References
- ↑ Dumun at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Bai-Maclay". Glottolog 4.3.
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