Nakwi language
Nakwi is a Left May language of Papua New Guinea, in East Sepik Province. It is close to Nimo.
| Nakwi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 280 (2003)[1] |
Arai–Samaia
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nax |
| Glottolog | nakw1240[2] |
Nakwi is spoken to the south of the Ama-speaking area, in Augot, Nakwi-Amasu, Tiki (4.156505°S 141.677012°E), and Uwau (4.169381°S 141.599085°E) villages in Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[3][4]
References
- Nakwi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nakwi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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