Bumbita (But Arapesh) is an Arapesh language (Torricelli) of Papua New Guinea spoken mainly by older adults, unlike other Arapesh languages. Dialects are Bonahoi, Urita, Timingir, Weril, Werir. It is spoken in 13 villages of Bumbita-Muhian Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Bumbita | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Bumbita-Muhian Rural LLG, East Sepik Province (13 villages) |
Ethnicity | spoken by 40–50% (2003?)[1] |
Native speakers | 4,300 (2003)[2] |
Language family | Torricelli
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aon |
Glottolog | bumb1241 |
ELP | Bumbita |
![]() Bumbita is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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