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Nabi language

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Nabi
Metan
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Native speakers
620 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mty
Glottolognabi1239
ELPNambi

Nabi (Nambi), a.k.a. Metan, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It was assigned to the Maimai branch in Ross (2005).

The language is spoken in three villages; according to Ethnologue, in two they prefer the name Nabi, and in the third Metan.

References

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  1. ^ Nabi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages." In: Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide and Jack Golson, eds, Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples, 15–66. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.