Nanubae language

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Nanubae
Lower Arafundi
Native toPapua New Guinea
Region East Sepik Province
Native speakers
1,300 (2005) [1]
Madang – Upper Yuat
Language codes
ISO 639-3 afk
Glottolog nanu1240
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Nanubae (Kapagmai, Aunda) is an Arafundi language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to Tapei; the name Alfendio was once used for both.

Locations

Kassell, et al. (2018) list Imanmeri, Wambrumas, and Yamandim as the villages where Nanubae is spoken. Additionally, there are some speakers in Imboin, which also has Tapei speakers. [2]

According to Ethnologue , it is spoken in Imanmeri ( 4°38′47″S143°36′15″E / 4.646309°S 143.604125°E / -4.646309; 143.604125 (Imanmeri) ), Wambrumas ( 4°43′35″S143°33′51″E / 4.726468°S 143.564188°E / -4.726468; 143.564188 (Wambrumas) ), and Yamandim ( 4°44′03″S143°36′43″E / 4.73418°S 143.611984°E / -4.73418; 143.611984 (Yamandim) ) villages of Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Nanubae at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Kassell, Alison, Bonnie MacKenzie and Margaret Potter. 2018. Three Arafundi Languages: A Sociolinguistic Profile of Andai, Nanubae, and Tapei . SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2017-003.
  3. ↑ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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