Mbore language

Mbore (Borei, Mborei) a.k.a. Gamei (Gamai) is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Gamei (4.066061°S 144.730692°E / -4.066061; 144.730692 (Gamei/Kopenarang)) and Boroi villages in Yawar Rural LLG, Bogia District, Madang Province.[3][4]

Mbore
Gamei
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
2,100 (2003)[1]
Ramu
Dialects
  • Boroi
  • Borewar
  • Botbot
Language codes
ISO 639-3gai
Glottologbore1247[2]
Coordinates: 4.066061°S 144.730692°E / -4.066061; 144.730692 (Gamei /Kopenarang)

References
  1. Mbore at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Borei". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.


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