Barem language

Barem (Brem), also known as Bunabun (Bububun, Bunubun), is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Barem dialects are:^{[3][2]: 42–43}

• Qkuan Kambuar (severely endangered, with only a few speakers around the Dibor River and in Tokain village (4°42′56″S 145°38′02″E / 4.715575°S 145.633995°E / -4.715575; 145.633995 (Tokain)), a Waskia-speaking town)
• Kimbu Kambuar (extinct)
• Murukanam Barem, spoken in Murukanam village north of the Dibor river (4°37′43″S 145°33′51″E / 4.628687°S 145.564185°E / -4.628687; 145.564185 (Murukanam))
• Asumbin, spoken in Asumbin village, Bunbun ward north and inland from Gildipasi (4°36′39″S 145°29′42″E / 4.610883°S 145.494897°E / -4.610883; 145.494897 (Asumbin))
• Bunabun (spoken north of the Dibor River near the coast, including in Bunabun (4°35′36″S 145°31′57″E / 4.593247°S 145.532458°E / -4.593247; 145.532458 (Bunabun)))

Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. doi:10.15144/PL-572. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.

• Qkuan Kambuar recordings
• Additional Qkuan Kambuar recordings