Bo language (New Guinea)

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Bo
Sorimi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Native speakers
85 (1998)[1]
Dialects
  • Kaboru
  • Nikiyama
  • Umuruta
Language codes
ISO 639-3bpw
Glottologbopa1235
ELPBo

Bo (Po, Sorimi) is a possible Left May language of New Guinea, in Sandaun and East Sepik Provinces. It is essentially undocumented, and its status as a separate language is unconfirmed.[1] It is spoken in Bo, Kaumifi, Kobaru, and Nigyama Umarita villages in Sandaun Province.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Bo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.


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