Alternate Names: Bagasin, Begasin, Begesin
Dialects: None known. Related to Munit , and Kein ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Language Use: Positive attitudes.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 45%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Taught in primary schools. NT: 1995.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea