Dumun | |
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Bai (?) | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 120 (2000 census) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
dui |
Glottolog |
dumu1246 Dumun
baim1246 Bai-Maclay |
ELP | Dumun |
Dumun is classified as Critically Endangered by the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Dumun is an endangered Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Dumun is reported to go by the name Bai, but evidently this is a distinct (though related) language, or at least a variety called Bai recorded by Maclay was distinct. [2] [3]