Tembagla language

Bo-Ung
Tembagla
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Southern Highlands Province
Native speakers
41,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mux
Glottolog boun1245[2]

Tembagla, also known as Bo-Ung (Mbo-Ung), is one of the languages spoken in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Geographically the people are Kaugel, but their language appears to be closer to the related Medlpa.

Dialects are Ku Waru, Mara-Gomu, Miyemu (Miyem), Tembalo (Tembaglo).

References

  1. Bo-Ung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bo-Ung". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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