Barem (Brem), also known as Bunabun (Bububun, Bunubun), is a
Papuan language
The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a ...
of
Sumgilbar Rural LLG,
Madang Province
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,
Papua New Guinea
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.
Dialects
Barem dialects are:
*''Qkuan Kambuar'' (severely endangered, with only a few speakers around the Dibor River and in Tokain village (), a
Waskia-speaking town)
*''Kimbu Kambuar'' (extinct)
*''Murukanam Barem'', spoken in Murukanam village north of the Dibor river ()
*''Asumbin'', spoken in Asumbin village, Bunbun ward north and inland from Gildipasi ()
*''Bunabun'' (spoken north of the Dibor River near the coast, including in Bunabun ())
References
External links
Qkuan Kambuar recordingsAdditional Qkuan Kambuar recordings
Dimir–Malas languages
Languages of Madang Province
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