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

Turumsa

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3tqm

Population  5 (2002 SIL).
Region  Western Province, Middle Fly District, Makapa village.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 14, reference number 659
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 19% with Dibiyaso [dby], 61% with Doso [dol].
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Bosavi
Language use  Older adults. Also use Dibiyaso, Doso, Kamula [xla], Gogodala [ggw], or Hiri Motu [hmo].
Comments  SOV. Hunter-gatherers. Nearly extinct.