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Burmeso language

The Burmeso language, also known as Taurap (from the word tauraf meaning 'language'), 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. The language has very distinct grammatical structure. It has SOV word order.

Probable sound changes proposed by Foley (2018):

Burmeso independent pronouns are:

Burmeso has six noun classes, which are:

Burmeso nouns have three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. Singular concordial suffixes are:

Examples of nominal concordial suffixes in usage:

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