Nabi language
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| Nabi | |
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| Metan | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sandaun Province |
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Native speakers
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620 (2003)[1] |
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Torricelli
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mty |
| Glottolog | nabi1239[2] |
Nabi (Nambi), AKA Metan, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It was assigned to the Maimai branch in Ross (2005).
The language is spoken in three villages; according to Ethnologue, in two they prefer the name Nabi, and in the third Metan.
References
- ↑ Nabi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages." In: Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide and Jack Golson, eds, Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples, 15-66. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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