Dumun language

Dumun is an endangered Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

NativetoPapua New Guinea

RegionMadang Province

Native speakers

(120 cited 2000 census)^[1]

Language family

Trans–New Guinea?

• Madang
  • Yaganon?
    • Dumun

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Dumun
Bai (?)
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	(120 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Madang Yaganon? Dumun
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dui
Glottolog	dumu1246  Dumun baim1246  Bai-Maclay
ELP	Dumun
Dumun is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

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Dumun is reported to go by the name Bai, but evidently this is a distinct (though related) language, or at least a variety called Bai recorded by Maclay was distinct.^[2][3]