Brem language
Not to be confused with Bunaban languages.
| Brem | |
|---|---|
| Bunabun | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2003)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
buq |
| Glottolog |
brem1238[2] |
Brem (Barem), also known as Bunabun (Bububun, Bunubun), is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Once placed in an 'Isumrud' branch, with Dimir and Malas, Brem was reassigned to the Kumil languages by Ross (2005).
References
- ↑ Brem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Brem". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.
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