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Bo-Ung language


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  • Variants

    • Mbo-Ung language
    • Mboung language
    • Miyemu language
    • Tembagla language
    • Tembaglo language
    • Tembalo language
  • Broader Terms

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Miyemu language
  • Sources

    • found: Work cat.: Miyemu language publications(Bo Ung language, Mara Gomu dialect; Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea; incorporates the area covered by the Miyam or Tembalu "language"; described as part of what has been called for linguistic purposes the Gawigl (Kaugel) language, along with Imbo Ungu and Umbu Ungu)
    • found: Ethnologue:p. 664 (Miyemu (Miyem, Tembogia, Tetalo); Western Highlands Province; related to Gawigl)
    • found: Pulu Yili-nga konana mare, 2007:title page (Bo-Ung (Mara-Gomú) page 2 of cover (Some of God's songs; mostly in the Mara-Gomú dialect of Bo-Ung)
    • found: Ethnologue, via WWW, April 27, 2022(Bo-Ung; ISO 639-3: mux; alternate names: Mbo-Ung, Mboung; dialects: Miyemu (Miyem), Mara-Gomu, Tembalo (Tembaglo), Ku Waru; spoken in Western Highlands province: Hagen, Lower Kaugel, and Tambul districts)
    • found: Verbix, via WWW, April 27, 2022:Where on earth do they speak Bo-Ung? page (alternate names: Mbo-Ung, Mboung, Tembalo; dialects: Ku Waru, Mara-Gomu, Miyem, Miyemu, Tembaglo, Tembalo)
    • found: Pulu Yili-Nga Ung Konale, 2004, via WWW, April 27, 2022(The New Testament in the Mara-Gomu dialect of the Bo-Ung Language of Papua New Guinea)
    • found: Wikipedia, April 27, 2022(Tembagla language; 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), and Tembalo (Tembaglo))
    • notfound: Curr. trends ling.;Lang. atlas Pacific area;Ruhlen world lang.;Voegelin lang.;Wurm, S. Papuan langs. of Oceania, 1982
  • History Notes

    • [Heading changed from Miyemu language to Bo-Ung language in September 2022.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 1992-09-15: new
    • 2022-09-07: revised
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