Manambu language

Manambu is one of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea. A Manambu-based pidgin is used with speakers of Kwoma. Manambu has been extensively documented by Alexandra Aikhenvald in a comprehensive grammar.

Manambu
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSepik River basin
Native speakers
2,100 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mle
Glottologmana1298[2]
  • Paradisec has a collection of Don Laycock's (DL1) that include Manambu language materials
Kwoma-Manambu Pidgin
Native speakers
None
Manmbu-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologkwom1264[3]

References

  1. Manambu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Manambu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kwoma-Manambu Pidgin". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  • Alexandra Aikhenvald (2008), The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Oxford University Press.
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