Kilmeri language

Kilmeri
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Ethnicity2,800 (2004)[1]
Native speakers
2,000 (2004)[1]
Border
  • Bewani Range
    • Poal River
      • Kilmeri
Language codes
ISO 639-3kih
Glottologkilm1241
ELPKilmeri
Coordinates: 2°54′59″S 141°17′53″E / 2.916313°S 141.298028°E / -2.916313; 141.298028 (Ossima)

Kilmeri, or bo apulyo is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea near the border with Indonesian Papua. It is not being learned by children.

Kilmeri is spoken around Ossima ward (2°54′59″S 141°17′53″E / 2.916313°S 141.298028°E / -2.916313; 141.298028 (Ossima)) in Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.[1][2]

Speakers of Kilmeri refer to their own language as bo apulyo, meaning sound in the middle.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Kilmeri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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