Boselewa

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Bosalewa, Bosilewa, Mwani’u

Population

610 (1999 SIL). Ethnic population: 1,530.

Location

Milne Bay Province, Fergusson island north shore.

Language Maps

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 61% with Galeya [gar] (most similar).

Language Use

Potentially endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Also use Dobu [dob] (Wurm 2007).

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.