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(Redirected from Bo language (Papua New Guinea)) Left May language of Papua New Guinea
Bo
Sorimi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Native speakers(85 cited 1998)
Language familyLeft May?
  • Bo
Dialects
  • Kaboru
  • Nikiyama
  • Umuruta
Language codes
ISO 639-3bpw
Glottologbopa1235
ELPBo

Bo (Po, Sorimi) is a possible Left May language of New Guinea, in Sandaun and East Sepik Provinces. It is essentially undocumented, and its status as a separate language is unconfirmed. It is spoken in Bo, Kaumifi, Kobaru, and Nigyama Umarita villages in Sandaun Province.

References

  1. ^ Bo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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