Anjam or Bom is a
Madang language
The Madang or Madang–Adelbert Range languages are a language family of Papua New Guinea. They were classified as a branch of Trans–New Guinea by Stephen Wurm, followed by Malcolm Ross. William A. Foley concurs that it is "highly likely" ...
spoken in
Madang Province
Madang is a province of Papua New Guinea. The province is on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea and has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages. The capital is the town of Madang.
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Papua New Guinea
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Other names include ''Bogadjim'', ''Bogajim'', ''Bogati'', and ''Lalok''. It is spoken in villages such as
Bogadjim Bogadjim is a village on Astrolabe Bay, just south of Madang, in Astrolabe Bay Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. During World War II, the Japanese started to build a track from Bogadjim over the Finisterre Mountains
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Orthography
Anjam is written in the
Latin script
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[ The alphabet has 22 letters.][
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References
External links
Anjam Organised Phonology DataField research on the Anjam language at SIL InternationalRosetta Project: Anjam Swadesh listNew Testament in Anjam
Mindjim languages
Languages of Madang Province
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