Manep language

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Manep
Malas
Simbukanam
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province
Native speakers
650 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mkr
Glottologmala1495
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Manep (Malas, Simbukanam) is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2]

There are two dialects named after the villages in which they are spoken:[3]

  • Malas dialect, spoken in Malas village (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
  • Simbukanam dialect, spoken in Simbukanam village

The Malas and Simbukanam dialects differ slightly from each other.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Manep at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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