Nafi language
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Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea
Nafi | |
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Sirak | |
Region | Markham Valley, New Guinea |
Native speakers | (160 cited 1988)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | srf |
Glottolog | nafi1237 |
ELP | Nafi |
Coordinates: 6°26′01″S 146°49′32″E / 6.433548°S 146.825565°E / -6.433548; 146.825565 (Banzain) |
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Nafi, also known as Sirak, is an Austronesian language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
It is spoken in the single village of Nambom (also known as Banzain village) (6°26′01″S 146°49′32″E / 6.433548°S 146.825565°E / -6.433548; 146.825565 (Banzain)) in Gamiki ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG. Ethnic Nafi people living in Popof village (6°26′19″S 146°48′21″E / 6.438745°S 146.805971°E / -6.438745; 146.805971 (Popof)) have since switched to speaking Nakama, a Trans-New Guinea language. Intermarriages frequently occur between the two villages.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Nafi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Holzknecht, Susanne (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-394-8.
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