Region Papua New Guinea ISO 639-3 tqm | Language family Doso–Turumsa
Turumsa Glottolog turu1250 | |
Native speakers 5 (2002)
possibly extinct (2011) | ||
Turumsa is a possibly extinct Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It has been classified as a Bosavi language, and is 19% lexically similar with the Bosavi language Dibiyaso, but this appears to be due to loans. It has a greater (61%) lexical similarity with Doso, its only clear relative.
References
Turumsa language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA