Boselewa

BWF

threatened

Alternate Names: Bosalewa, Bosilewa, Mwani’u

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 61% with Galeya , (most similar).

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Papuan Tip
Nuclear
North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux
Dobu-Duau

Demographics: 610 (1999 SIL). Ethnic population: 1,530.

Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Also use Dobu [dob] (Wurm 2007). Used as L2 by Gumawana [gvs].

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea