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

Nambo

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3ncm

Population  710 (2003 SIL).
Region  Western Province, Morehead District, 4 villages (Arufe, Gubam, Bebdeben, Pongariki and Derideri) bordering Idi [idi] and Nen [nqn].
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 14, reference number 643
Alternate names   Arufe, Nambu, Namna
Dialects  Nambo, Namna (Nama). Namna dialect, in Pongariki and Derideri, being replaced by Nambo dialect. Children in Derideri learn only Nambo.
Classification  South-Central Papuan, Morehead-Upper Maro, Nambu
Language development  Bible portions: 1974.

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