Nimo language

Nimo (Nimo-Wasawai) is a Left May language of Papua New Guinea, in Sandaun Province. Nimo and Wasawai are two of the villages inhabited by speakers of this language. It is close to Nakwi.

Nimo
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Native speakers
350 (1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3niw
Glottolognimo1247[2]

It is spoken in Arakau, Binuto, Didipas (4.316471°S 141.54343°E / -4.316471; 141.54343 (Drupas)), Fowiom, Nimo (4.315194°S 141.603518°E / -4.315194; 141.603518 (Nimo)), Uburu, Uwawi, Wamwiu, Wasuai (4.258869°S 141.559617°E / -4.258869; 141.559617 (Wasuai)), and Yuwaitri villages, some of which are located in Nino ward, Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[3][4]

References
  1. Nimo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nimo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. 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.
  4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.


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