Nambo-Namna language
(Redirected from Nombuio language)
| Nambo-Namna | |
|---|---|
| Nambu | |
| Region | Western Province (Papua New Guinea) |
Native speakers | 710 (2018)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ncm |
| Glottolog | namb1293 |
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
[edit]- ^ Nambo-Namna at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
Further reading
[edit]- 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.