Manambu language

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Manambu
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSepik River basin
Native speakers
2,100 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mle
Glottologmana1298
ELPManambu

Manambu is one of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea. A Manambu-based pidgin is used with speakers of Kwoma. Manambu has been extensively documented by Alexandra Aikhenvald in a comprehensive grammar.

External links

  • Paradisec has a collection of Don Laycock's (DL1) that include Manambu language materials
Kwoma-Manambu Pidgin
Native speakers
None
Manmbu-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologkwom1264
ELPManambu

References

  1. ^ Manambu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Alexandra Aikhenvald (2008), The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Oxford University Press.