Gavak language

Papuan language of Papua New Guinea
Gavak
Dimir
Bosiken
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
3,800 (2003)[1]
Language family
Trans–New Guinea?
  • Madang
    • Croisilles
      • Isumrud
        • Dimir–Malas
          • Gavak
Language codes
ISO 639-3dmc
Glottologdimi1244

Gavak, also known as Bosiken (Boskien) and Dimir, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2] It is spoken in the Dimir River area.

References

  1. ^ Gavak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
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Madang languages
Northern Adelbert
(Croisilles)
Manep–Barem
  • Manep
  • Barem
Kumil–Tibor
Numugen
Kaukombar
other
  • Gavak
Southern Adelbert
Tomul (Josephstaal)
Sogeram (Wanang)
Kalam
Mabuso
Kokan
Gum
Hanseman
other
Mindjim
Rai Coast
(South Madang)
Awung
Brahman
Evapia
Peka
Nuru
Kabenau
other
Yaganon(unclear)


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