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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Bo

Bo

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3bpw

Population  85 (1998 NTM).
Region  Heart of Western Range: Sandaun Province, Bo, Kobaru, Kaumifi, Nigyama Umarita villages; East Sepik Province near Sandaun Province border, near Right May River.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 5, reference number 200
Alternate names   Po, Sorimi
Dialects  Kaboru, Nikiyama, Umuruta.
Classification  Left May
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 50%.
Comments  Area seldom entered by outsiders. Unconfirmed as a separate language. Hunter-gatherers. Traditional religion.