The Burmeso language – also known as Taurap – is spoken by some 300 people in Burmeso village along the mid Mamberamo River in Mamberamo Tengah subdistrict, Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua province, Indonesia.
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.
[2] Probable sound changes proposed by Foley (2018): Burmeso independent pronouns are:[2] Burmeso has six noun classes, which are:[2] Burmeso nouns have three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter.
[4] Singular concordial suffixes are: Examples of nominal concordial suffixes in usage: koyagrandfatherbek-abgood-M.SGkoya bek-abgrandfather good-M.SG‘Grandfather is good.’asiagrandmotherek-angood-F.SGasia ek-angrandmother good-F.SG‘Grandmother is good.’Basic vocabulary of Burmeso (singular and plural nominal forms) listed in Foley (2018):[2] Many Burmeso nouns display irregular and suppletive plural forms.
[2] The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975),[5] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[6]