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Nakanai

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: nak

Population	13,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Region	West New Britain Province, Hoskins District, northwest coast. 42 villages.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 12, reference number 570
Alternate names	Nakonai
Dialects	Losa (Loso, Auka), Bileki (Lakalai, Muku, Mamuga), Vere (Vele, Tarobi), Ubae (Babata), Maututu.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, Willaumez
Language development	Grammar. NT: 1983.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Major language of the Nakanai family. Agriculturalists: bananas, sweet potatoes, palm oil; animal husbandry: pigs; cocoa and copra production. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BUGENHAGEN, Robert D., author. 1993. "The semantics of irrealis in Austronesian languages of Papua New Guinea. A cross-linguistic study."

JOHNSTON, Ray, author. 1992. Nakanai Organised Phonology Data.  

JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1974. "Lakalai (Nakanai)."

JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1978. "Serial verbs and the expression of concepts of location and motive in Nakanai."

JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1978. Nakanai syntax.

JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1978. Accounting for word order: Nakanai agentless sentences.

JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1980. "The languages and communities of the Kimbe Bay region."

JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1980. Nakani of New Britain: The grammar of an oceanic language.

JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1981. "Conceptualizing in Nakanai and English: a case study of grammatical categories."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., editor. 1974. Legends from Papua New Guinea.

Vernacular Publications

Ale la mulule New Britain. 1974.

La vigilemulimulile Pakasa Uru me Tulagola. 1974.

Magurei: La vigilimulimulile Magurei. 1972.