Nambu languages
(Redirected from Upper Wassi Kussa languages)
| Nambu | |
|---|---|
| East Morehead River | |
| Geographic distribution | New Guinea |
Native speakers | (3,000 cited 2000–2003) |
| Linguistic classification | Trans-Fly – Bulaka River?
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | namb1292 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Nambu is a cluster of Papuan languages spoken in the Morehead River region of Papua New Guinea.
Languages
[edit | edit source]Varieties are distinct but have some mutually intelligibility with their neighbors.[1] Usher (2020) lists the following languages, with Nambo and Namna considered dialects of a single language.[2]
- East Morehead River
- Neme–Ndre: Ndre (Dre, Ndré-di), Neme (Karigari, Dorro, Moi-e, Moive)
- Upper Wassi Kussa: Nen (Nenium, Wekamara), Nambo–Namna (Nmbo, Nombuio, Tanjuamu, Keraki; Tendavi)
- Central East Morehead River
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–East Morehead River (under construction 2020)