Nafi language

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Nafi
Sirak
Region Markham Valley, New Guinea
Native speakers
(160 cited 1988) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 srf
Glottolog nafi1237
ELP Nafi
Coordinates: 6°26′01″S146°49′32″E / 6.433548°S 146.825565°E / -6.433548; 146.825565 (Banzain) Coordinates: 6°26′01″S146°49′32″E / 6.433548°S 146.825565°E / -6.433548; 146.825565 (Banzain)
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Nafi, also known as Sirak, is an Austronesian language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

It is spoken in the single village of Nambom (also known as Banzain village) ( 6°26′01″S146°49′32″E / 6.433548°S 146.825565°E / -6.433548; 146.825565 (Banzain) ) in Gamiki ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG. Ethnic Nafi people living in Popof village ( 6°26′19″S146°48′21″E / 6.438745°S 146.805971°E / -6.438745; 146.805971 (Popof) ) have since switched to speaking Nakama, a Trans-New Guinea language. Intermarriages frequently occur between the two villages. [2]

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References

  1. Nafi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Holzknecht, Susanne (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN   0-85883-394-8.