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Dumun language

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Native to
  
Native speakers
  
35 (2000)

Region
  
ISO 639-3
  
dui

Language family
  
Trans–New GuineaMadangRai CoastYaganonDumun

Glottolog
  
dumu1246  (Dumun)baim1246  (Bai-Maclay)

Dumun is a nearly extinct Rai Coast 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.

References

Dumun language Wikipedia


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