Nimi language

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Nimi
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Morobe Province, upper Erap River, south of the Saruwaged Range.
Native speakers
2,000 (2006) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nis
Glottolog nimi1240

Nimi is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea. There were about 1400 native speakers as of 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Nimi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg