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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
bpw
Alternate Names
Po, Sorimi
User Population

85 (1998 NTM).

Location

Sandaun province: Bo, Kaumifi, Kobaru, and Nigyama Umarita villages; East Sepik province: Sandaun province border area, near Right May river. Heart of Western Range.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Arai (Left May)
Dialects

Kaboru, Nikiyama, Umuruta.

Language Use

Used as L2 by Yawuno Teneyo [itr].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Bible portions: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bo
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Area seldom entered by outsiders. Unconfirmed as a separate language. Traditional religion, Christian.