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Mbore (Borei, Mborei) a.k.a. Gamei (Gamai) is a Lower Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the villages of Gamei (4°03′58″S 144°43′50″E / 4.066061°S 144.730692°E / -4.066061; 144.730692 (Gamei/Kopenarang)) and Boroi in Yawar Rural LLG, Bogia District, Madang Province.

Its closest relatives are the Watam and Kaian languages, both of which lie upriver from Kopar, a village situated at the mouth of the Sepik River.

References

1. Mbore at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Thomas, David D. (1973). "A tentative decimal classification for New Guinea languages". Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota. 17 (19): 151. doi:10.31356/silwp.vol17.19.
3. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
5. Foley, William A. (6 June 2022). A Sketch Grammar of Kopar. De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110791549.

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