Blafe language

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Blafe
Tonda
RegionWestern Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
670 (2003)[1]
Dialects
  • Blafe
  • Ranmo
Language codes
ISO 639-3bfh
Glottologblaf1238
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Blafe (Mblafe), also known as Tonda[2] or Indorodoro/Yendorador,[3] is a Papuan language of New Guinea. Dialects are Mblafe and Ránmo. It is centered in Indorodoro village (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) of Kandarisa ward (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.[4] Mblafe-speaking villages are located along eastern banks of the Bensbach River and inland areas to the east of the river.[5]: 9 

References

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  1. ^ Blafe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ It is not, however, spoken in the village of Tonda for which it gets its old name.
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  5. ^ John Grummitt, Janell Maste. 2012. A Survey of the Tonda Sub-Group of Languages. SIL International.