Dumun language

{{Short description|Endangered Madang language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Dumun

|nativename=Bai (?)

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Madang Province

|ethnicity=

|speakers=120

|date=2000 census

|ref=e23

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea?

|fam2=Madang

|fam3=Yaganon?

|map2=Lang Status 20-CR.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Dumun is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=dui

|glotto=dumu1246

|glottoname=Dumun

|glotto2=baim1246

|glottoname2=Bai-Maclay

}}

Dumun is an endangered Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Dumun is reported to go by the name Bai, but evidently this is a distinct (though related) language, or at least a variety called Bai recorded by Maclay was distinct.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/2843435|title=Systematic typological comparison as a tool for investigating language history|journal=Melanesian Languages on the Edge of Asia: Challenges for the 21st Century|date=January 2012|last1=Dunn|first1=Michael}}{{cite web| editor-last1= Hammarström| editor-first1 = Harald| editor-last2 = Forke| editor-first2 = Robert| editor-last3 = Haspelmath| editor-first3 = Martin| editor-last4 = Bank| editor-first4 = Sebastian| year = 2020|title = Bai-Maclay | work = Glottolog 4.3| url = https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/baim1246}}