Nimboran language

Nimboran
	Namblong
Native to	Indonesia
Region	New Guinea
Ethnicity	3,500 (1987)[1]
Native speakers	(2,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Foja Range Nimboran Nimboran; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nir
Glottolog	nucl1633[2]

Nimboran (Nambrong) is a Papuan language of Nimboran District, Jayapura Regency, Indonesia spoken by mostly older adults. Younger generations have shifted to Papuan Malay. It is spoken in about 26 villages to the west of Lake Sentani.

Phonology

Consonants:[3]

p	t	k
b	d	ɡ
ᵐb	ⁿd	ᵑɡ
m	n	ŋ
	s
	l
w	j

Vowels:[3]

i	ʉ	u
e		o
a

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References

Nimboran at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nimboran". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

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[e18-1] Nimboran at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nimboran". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Foley-NWNG-3] Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.