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Bamu

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: bcf

Population	6,310 (2000 census). 964 Gama.
Region	Western Province, Bamu River mouth and upriver.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 14, reference number 669
Alternate names	Bamu Kiwai
Dialects	Gama, Lower Bamu, Sisiame, Upper Bamu (Middle Bamu), Nuhiro. Gama dialect may be a separate language. Closely related to Kiwai; less closely to Waboda [kmx]. Lexical similarity: below 80% between Gama and Lower Bamu, the most similar other Bamu dialect.
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Kiwaian
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Bible portions: 1952–2001.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Hunter-gatherers.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Carr, Philip and Patricia Chris Carr. 1993. "Bamu language speakers produce books."

Meyer, Jens. 2005. "Practical teacher training: a short skills course with the Bamu people of Western Province."

Vernacular Publications

Dokou kosioidiro. 2005.

Kuria sauri. 2005.

Mamu mere. 2005.

Ota bida sosoro gotobowa. 2005.