Nambo-Namna language

Nambo-Namna
Nambu
RegionWestern Province (Papua New Guinea)
Native speakers
710 (2018)[1]
Yam
Dialects
  • Nambo
  • Namna
Language codes
ISO 639-3ncm
Glottolognamb1293

Nambo-Namna is a Yam language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The two varieties are mutually intelligible. They are,

  • Nambo (Nmbo, Nambu, Nombuio, Tanjuamu, Keraki)
  • Namna (Tendavi)

References

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  1. ^ Nambo-Namna at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Closed access icon

Further reading

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  • Kashima, Eri; Williams, Daniel; Mark Ellison, T.; Schokkin, Dineke; Escudero, Paola (2016). "Uncovering the Acoustic Vowel Space of a Previously Undescribed Language: The Vowels of Nambo". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 139 (6): EL252–EL256. doi:10.1121/1.4954395. hdl:1885/109254.
  • Kashima, Eri (2020). Language In My Mouth: Linguistic Variation in the Nmbo Speech Community of Southern New Guinea (PhD thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.25911/5e58de79d5e15. hdl:1885/201927.
  • Kashima, Eri (2021). "The Phonetics of Nmbo (Nɐmbo) with Some Comments on its Phonology (Yam Family; Morehead District)". In Lindsey, Kate L.; Schokkin, Dineke (eds.). Phonetic Fieldwork in Southern New Guinea. Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication No. 24. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 53–75. hdl:10125/24994. ISBN 978-0-9979673-2-6.