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Kamasau

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: kms

Population	960 (2003 SIL).
Region	East Sepik Province, Wewak District. Segi in Kamasau, Tring, and Wau villages; Hagi in Kenyari; Ghini in Yibab, Wandomi, and Wobu.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 164
Alternate names	Wand Tuan
Dialects	Hagi, Segi, Ghini.
Classification	Torricelli, Marienberg
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. NT: 1998.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Kamasau Organised Phonology Data.  

SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. 1980. "Defining the centres of the Marienberg language family."

SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. 1980. "Dialect survey of the Kamasau language."

SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. 1980. "Phonology of the Kamasau language."

SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. 1987. "Kamasau orthography."  

SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. Available: 2005; Created: 1994-03-12. Kamasau language pesky particles.  

SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. Available: 2005; Created: 1994-03-12. Negation in Kamasau.  

SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. Available: 2005; Created: 1994-06. Kamasau (Wand Tuan) grammar:: morpheme to sentence.  

SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, compilers. 1996. Wand Tuan wand puate: Yumbo yumbo buagi raqe wund (As tok bilong Tok Ples Wand Tuan: Kamasau practical tri-glot dictionary).  

SANDERS, Joy, author. 1998. "Evaluation of students in Tigebyu and Ibab prep-school in November 1997."

Vernacular Publications

Buk buqod kɨn yumbo ur. 1990.

Buk buqod kin yumbo ur: buk ye wuwo kin. 1998.

Koku mɨng chuqo (Ancestor stories). 1986.