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Buang, Mapos

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: bzh

Population	10,500 (2000). 30% monolingual.
Region	Morobe Province, Mumeng District, middle Snake River area. 10 villages.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 15, reference number 695
Alternate names	Central Buang, Mapos
Dialects	Wagau, Mambump, Buweyeu, Wins, Chimbuluk, Papakene, Mapos. Lexical similarity: 61% between Mambump dialect and Mangga Buang [mmo].
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, South, Hote-Buang, Buang
Language use	Vigorous. Urban residents likely to speak Tok Pisin [tpi] to children. All domains. Some oral and written use in village schools, community development, church. Personal letters. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Tok Pisin.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. NT: 1978–2003.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO. Swidden agriculturalists; vegetables, coffee; animal husbandry: cattle. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1964. "A problem in Buang morphology."

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1970. Mapos Buang, Territory of New Guinea.

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1972. "The Buang naming system."

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1974. "Buang."

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1974. "Orthography problems in Central Buang."  

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1975. "Are there prenasalized stops in Oceania?."  

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1978. "Number and time in Central Buang."  

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1986. "Is the transitive/intransitive dichotomy real?."

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1987. "Central Buang poetry."

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1987. "Death or life: The prognosis for Central Buang."

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1995. "Central Buang: introduction and wordlist."

HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 2007. A Central Buang text.  

HOOLEY, Bruce A., compiler. 2006-. Mapos Buang dictionary.  

HOOLEY, Bruce A.; HOOLEY, Joyce D., authors; HEALEY, Alan, consultant. 1970. Structure above the clause: Mapos Buang.

HOOLEY, Bruce A.; TERIT, Sanek, authors. 1972. "Preparation of salt among the Buang, New Guinea."

HOOLEY, Bruce, author. 1992. Central Buang Organised Phonology Data.  

HOOLEY, Bruce; RAMBOK, Mose Lung, compilers; HOOLEY, Joyce, illustrator. 2010. Ḳapiya Tateḳin Buang Vuheng-atov Ayej = Central Buang–English Dictionary .  

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., editor. 1974. Legends from Papua New Guinea.

Vernacular Publications

[Untitled preprimer]. 1966.

Alam deevong sengii ga seyi vaneh book. 1966.

Buang ayej; Ngajaheng Buang ayej. 1971.

Dora los sen. 1965.

Gagek turinsën yönon los keriing vahi sënë netu luu. 1973.

Gagek turinsën yönon los keriing vahi. 1971.

Gavman böp los sën hil Papua Nu Gini gegin hil. 1972.

Geno ya taon. 1975.

Hil alam bego yi ngayang. 1965.

Hil na tevin gagek 2. 1966.

Humek hir gagek turinsen. 1972.

Kisim save long tok Buang. 1970.

Nġaa ḳenu diksoneri = Picture dictionary. 2008.

Ngaa sën neko hil ya nyëg ading lo degwa. 1971.

Sën hil kevu kapiya na nyëg ngwë (Pasin bilong salim pas). 1972.