Burmeso language

Not to be confused with Burmese language.
Burmeso
Taurap
RegionPapua: Mamberamo Raya Regency, Mamberamo Tengah subdistrict, Burmeso village on the banks of the Middle Mamberamo River
Native speakers
(250 cited 1998)[1]
West Papuan or language isolate
  • (extended) East Bird's Head
    • Burmeso
Language codes
ISO 639-3bzu
Glottologburm1264
ELPBurmeso

The Burmeso language – also known as Taurap – is spoken by some 300 people in Burmeso village along the mid Mamberamo River in Mamberamo Tengah subdistrict, Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua province, Indonesia. It is surrounded by the Kwerba languages to the north, the Lakes Plain languages to the south, and the East Cenderawasih Bay languages to the west.

Burmeso forms a branch of Malcolm Ross's family of East Bird's Head – Sentani languages, but had been considered a language isolate by Stephen Wurm and William A. Foley.[2] The language has very distinct grammatical structure.[3] It has SOV word order.[2]

  1. ^ Burmeso at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Foley-NWNG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Haspelmath, Martin. "Grammatical, Gender and Linguistic Complexity Volume I: General issues and Specific studies". langsci-press.org. Retrieved 2021-06-14.