Tembagla language

Bo-Ung
Tembagla
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSouthern Highlands Province
Native speakers
41,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mux
Glottologboun1245

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), and Tembalo (Tembaglo).

See also

References

  1. ^ Bo-Ung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Bowers, Nancy; Lepi, Pundia (1975). "Kaugel Valley systems of reckoning" (PDF). Journal of the Polynesian Society. 84 (3): 309–324. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-04.
  • The New Testament in the Mara-Gomu dialect of the Bo-Ung Language of Papua New Guinea


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