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Namia

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: nnm

Population	6,000 (2007 SIL), increasing. 300 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 6,200.
Region	Sandaun Province, Yellow River District, 19 villages; East Sepik Province, Panewai village; areas are called Edwaki, Ameni, Wiyari, Lawo, Pabei, Iwane.
Language maps	Papua New Guinea, Map 3, reference number 77 Papua New Guinea, Map 5, reference number 77
Alternate names	Edawapi, Lujere, Namie, Nemia, Yellow River
Dialects	Most similar to Ak [akq] and Awun [aww]. Lexical similarity: 13% with Abau [aau], 12% with May River Iwam [iwm].
Classification	Sepik, Yellow River
Language use	Vigorous. Home, prep schools. All ages. Positive attitude. Most also use Tok Pisin [tpi] or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. 4 vernacular primary schools, started in 2000. Grammar. Bible portions: 1996–2006.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV; postpositions; consonant clusters; vowel glides; 6 phonemic vowels. Hunter-gatherers: sago (primarily); agriculturalists (some).

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Feldpausch, Becky and Tom Feldpausch, compilers. Available: 2009; Created: 1999. Namia wordlists.  

Feldpausch, Becky and Tom Feldpausch. Available: 2009; Created: 1993-2009. Phonology essentials of the Namia language.  

Feldpausch, Becky and Tom Feldpausch. Available: 2009; Created: 2000. Namia orthography paper.  

Feldpausch, Becky, compiler. 2006. Almalu kali, eyo kali, i walowei luk kali (Namia, Tok Pisin, and English dictionary).  

Feldpausch, Becky. 2001. Almalu kali, eyo kali, i walowei luk kali (Namia, Tok Pisin, and English dictionary).

Feldpausch, Becky. Available: 2009; Created: 2008. Rules for translation in the Namia language.  

Feldpausch, Thomas and Becky Feldpausch. 1992. "Namia grammar essentials."  

Feldpausch, Tom and Becky Feldpausch. Available: 2009; Created: 1999. Dialect survey of the Namia language.  

Feldpausch, Tom and Becky Feldpausch. Available: 2009; Created: 2003. TAM marking in Namia.  

Pappenhagen, Ronald W. and Doris J. Pappenhagen. 1981. "A sociolinguistic survey of Namie."  

Roberts, John R., editor. 1992. Namia and Amanab grammar essentials.