Kaluli language

Kaluli is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is a developing language with 3,100 speakers. Some people refer to this language as Bosavi, however the people themselves refer to the language as Kaluli. There are four dialects, Ologo, Kaluli, Walulu, and Kugenesi. The differences between the dialects are not clear. Their writing system uses the Latin script. Kaluli belongs to the Trans-New Guinea language family. Kaluli was first analyzed by Murray Rule in 1964 who wrote a preliminary phonological and morphological analysis. A dictionary of Kaluli has been compiled by Schieffelin and Feld (1998).

Kaluli
Bosavi
Bosavi languages (red), among other Papua New Guinea languages
RegionPapua New Guinea
EthnicityKaluli
Native speakers
3,100 (2015)
Trans–New Guinea
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3bco Kaluli
Glottologkalu1248
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