Simbari language

Simbari
Simbari
Pronunciation	[t͡səᵐbɑɡ͡ʟ̝ʌ]
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands, Gulf provinces
Ethnicity	Sambia
Native speakers	(3,000 cited 1990 census)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Angan Northwest Simbari; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	smb
Glottolog	simb1255

Simbari or Chimbari, is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea.

There are at least two dialects of Simbari. The Simbari language is 60 percent cognate with Baruya.^[2]

Simbari is spoken by the Sambia people,^[3]^: 37 an ethnonym that is used by American anthropologist Gilbert Herdt. Sambia culture and society have received extensive anthropological studies, especially by Gilbert Herdt.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Simbari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Fiske, Alan Page. Sambia notes.
^ Murray, Stephen O (2002), Pacific Homosexualities, Writers Club Press, ISBN 0-595-22785-6
^ Herdt, Gilbert H. (1981). Guardians of the Flutes: Idioms of Masculinity. New York: McGraw-Hill. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ Herdt, Gilbert H. (1982). Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea. Berkeley: University of California Press. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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[e18-1] Simbari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Fiske, Alan Page. Sambia notes.

[3] Murray, Stephen O (2002), Pacific Homosexualities, Writers Club Press, ISBN 0-595-22785-6

[Herdt81-4] Herdt, Gilbert H. (1981). Guardians of the Flutes: Idioms of Masculinity. New York: McGraw-Hill. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[Herdt82-5] Herdt, Gilbert H. (1982). Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea. Berkeley: University of California Press. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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