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ISO 639-3 · bwfbwf
Austronesian family

Boselewa

Boselewa is a language of the North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux branch (Austronesian), spoken in Papua New Guinea.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
bwf
Glottocode
bose1237
Wikipedia
5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameBoselewa
Also calledBoselewa language

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this level
family tree

From Austronesian to Boselewa

The branches above Boselewa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch634Nuclear Malayo-Polynesianbranch579Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch470Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch438Oceanicbranch174Western Oceanicbranch22Papuan Tipbranch3North Papuan Mainland-D'EntrecasteauxbranchbwfBoselewalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting