Geographic
distribution: New Guinea | Glottolog: bosa1245 | |
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Linguistic classification: Trans–New Guinea
Bosavi | ||
The Bosavi languages are a family of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross.
The languages, which are closely related (though they may have only 10–15% of their vocabulary in common), are:
They are named after Mount Bosavi. Pronouns are:
Dibiyaso (Bainapi) is lexically similar, but this appears to be due to loans. The nearly extinct Turumsa language was added by Ethnologue 16, though it has more vocabulary in common with the unclassified Doso language.
References
Bosavi languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA