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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

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

Sanders, Arden and Joy Sanders. Available: 2005; Created: 1994-03-12. Kamasau language pesky particles.  

Sanders, Arden and Joy Sanders. Available: 2005; Created: 1994-03-12. Negation in Kamasau.  

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

Sanders, Arden G. and Joy Sanders. 1980. "Defining the centres of the Marienberg language family."

Sanders, Arden G. and Joy Sanders. 1980. "Phonology of the Kamasau language."

Sanders, Arden G. and Joy Sanders. 1987. "Kamasau orthography."  

Sanders, Joy and Arden G. Sanders. 1980. "Dialect survey of the Kamasau language."

Sanders, Joy. 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.