Mbore | |
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Gamei | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 2,100 (2003) [1] |
Ramu
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
gai |
Glottolog |
bore1247 |
ELP | Borei |
Coordinates: 4°03′58″S 144°43′50″E / 4.066061°S 144.730692°E |
Mbore (Borei, Mborei) a.k.a. Gamei (Gamai) is a Lower Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. [2] It is spoken in the villages of Gamei ( 4°03′58″S 144°43′50″E / 4.066061°S 144.730692°E) and Boroi in Yawar Rural LLG, Bogia District, Madang Province. [3] [4]
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. [5]