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

Mbore

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3gai

Population  2,090 (2003 SIL).
Region  Madang Province, Bogia District, Ramu River area and east. 8 villages.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 176
Alternate names   Borei, Gamai, Gamei, Mborei
Dialects  Boroi, Borewar, Botbot.
Classification  Ramu-Lower Sepik, Ramu, Ottilien, Borei
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 5%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.
Comments  Hunters; swidden agriculturalists; copra, cocoa, vanilla cash crops.