Bamu language
# Bamu language

Bamu, or Bamu Kiwai, is a Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea.

A thousand speakers of Gama are included in the ISO code for Bamu. However, Ethnologue notes that lexical similarity is below 80% with the most similar dialect of Bamu proper.

## Dialects

Dialects are:

* Gama
* Lower Bamu
* Sisiame (8°06′18″S 143°34′14″E﻿ / ﻿8.104866°S 143.570587°E﻿ / -8.104866; 143.570587﻿ (Sisiami No. 1))
* Upper Bamu (Middle Bamu)
* Nuhiro
