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

Bo-Ung

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3mux

Population  40,900 (2000 census).
Region  Western Highlands Province, Hagen District; Tambul and Lower Kaugel districts.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 9, reference number 418
Alternate names   Mbo-Ung, Mboung, Tembalo
Dialects  Miyemu (Miyem), Mara-Gomu, Tembalo (Tembaglo).
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Chimbu-Wahgi, Hagen, Kaugel
Language use  Some also use Melpa [med].
Language development  NT: 2004.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  SOV.