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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Namo

Namo

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3mxw

Population  380 (2003 SIL).
Region  Western Province, Morehead District, south coast and inland, Mari and Tais villages.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 14, reference number 639
Alternate names   Dorro, Mari
Classification  South-Central Papuan, Morehead-Upper Maro, Nambu
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%.
Comments  Different from Mari [mbx] of East Sepik Province, and Mari [hob] of Madang Province.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

RUECK, Michael J., author. 2011. "Social Network Analysis Applied to Language Planning in the Morehead District, Papua New Guinea."  Available online