Nambu languages
Nambu is a cluster of Papuan languages spoken in the Morehead River region of Papua New Guinea.
Nambu | |
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East Morehead River | |
Geographic distribution | New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Trans-Fly – Bulaka River?
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Glottolog | namb1292[1] |
Languages
Varieties are distinct but have some mutually intelligibility with their neighbors.[2] Usher (2020) lists the following languages, with Nambo and Namna considered dialects of a single language.[3]
- East Morehead River
- Neme–Ndre: Ndre (Dre, Ndré-di), Neme (Karigari, Dorro, Moi-e, Moive)
- Upper Wassi Kussa: Nen (Nenium, Wekamara), Nambo–Namna (Nmbo, Nombuio, Tanjuamu, Keraki; Tendavi)
- Central East Morehead River
gollark: Somehow, still no xenowyrm... can I probably trade it for a CB one?
gollark: CB golden wyvern!
gollark: I currently have hatchling *and* egg space, too.
gollark: I can somehow get stupid amounts of random stuff just browsing the AP (a gold) and cave (a leetle tree, CB nebula), and trade for xenowyrms, but never actually catch them.
gollark: Five hundred years' time, yes.
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nambu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Michael J. Rueck, 2011. Social Network Analysis Applied to Language Planning in the Morehead District, Papua New Guinea
- East Morehead River
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