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ISO 639-3: bwm

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Munduguma, Mundugumor

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINEAitape District Patrol Reports Ambunti Story. Don Laycock (compiler); Don Laycock (recorder). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:DL1-036
  2. ONLINEBiwat Fieldnotes. Don Laycock (compiler); Don Laycock (researcher). 1973. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:DL1-093
  3. ONLINEBasic vocabulary elicitation with Masfuat in Kinakatem. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); August Masfuat (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-01
  4. ONLINEAttempt at getting a story from august Masfuat in tok ples. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (researcher); August Masfuat (consultant). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-02
  5. ONLINEStory of Glunjime from Gottfriet Muduli Magova. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Gottfriet Muduli Magova (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-03
  6. ONLINEGottfriet Muduli Mogova giving text. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Gottfriet Muduli Magova (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-04
  7. ONLINEAttempt at eliciting verb paradigms with Clements Muduli. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Clements Muduli (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-05
  8. ONLINEGotfriet Muduli Mogova telling story of Luanguaiv@ Part I, told by Muduli. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Gottfriet Muduli Magova (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-06
  9. ONLINEGottfriet Muduli telling story of Luanguaiv@ Part II, told by Muduli. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Gottfriet Muduli Magova (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-07
  10. ONLINEStory of Aluvavlame. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Joseph Danny (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-09
  11. ONLINEStory of Luaingaiv@, told by Joseph Danny. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Joseph Danny (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-10
  12. ONLINEStory of the water. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); John Harris (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-11
  13. ONLINEStory of Vlisuak. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Rudolf (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-12
  14. ONLINELord's prayer in Mudukumo. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (researcher); Linus Wasime (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-13
  15. ONLINEHow to scrape saksak and how to build a house, told by Thomas, Mudukumo. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Thomas Wasime (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-20
  16. ONLINEAndufuguan stories. James McElvenny (compiler); Joaquim (speaker); Pastor Linus (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-23

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINEtransnewguinea.org Resources for Biwat. Simon J. Greenhill (editor). 2025. transnewguinea.org (transnewguinea.org). oai:transnewguinea.org:bwm.1211

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Biwat. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:biwa1243
  2. ONLINENotebook D23: Selected Research Papers of Don Laycock on Languages in Papua New Guinea: Biwat, Yaul, Kambaramba (Ap Ma). Don Laycock (compiler). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:DL2-034

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINEBiwat: a language of Papua New Guinea. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:bwm
  2. ONLINERirio 1999. Don Laycock (compiler); Will McClatchey (recorder). 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:DL1-099

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINEbasic vocabulary and sentences elicitation of Dialect of Fundukua. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Felix Kuiavali (speaker). 2005. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-08
  2. ONLINEBasic vocabulary and sentences elicitation of dialect of Mansuat with Rosa. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Rosa (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-18
  3. ONLINEStory from Rosa, Swatvali, dialect of Mansuat. James McElvenny (compiler); James McElvenny (recorder); Rosa (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:JM1-19

Other known names and dialect names: Munduguma, Mundugumor

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