Simbari language

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Simbari
Pronunciation[t͡səᵐbɑɡ͡ʟ̝ʌ]
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Eastern Highlands, Gulf provinces
Ethnicity Simbari
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1990 census) [1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3 smb
Glottolog simb1255

Simbari or Chimbari is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea.

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There are at least two dialects of Simbari. The Simbari language is partly cognate with Baruya. [2]

Simbari is spoken by the Simbari people. Simbari culture and society have received extensive anthropological studies, especially by Gilbert Herdt. [3] [4]

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Phonological sketches

References

  1. ↑ Simbari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Fiske, Alan Page. Sambia notes.
  3. ↑ Herdt, Gilbert H. (1981). Guardians of the Flutes: Idioms of Masculinity . New York: McGraw-Hill.
  4. ↑ Herdt, Gilbert H. (1982). Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea. Berkeley: University of California Press.


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