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Manambu language

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Manambu
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSepik River basin
Native speakers
3,000 (2018)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mle
Glottologmana1298
ELPManambu

Manambu is one of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea. A Manambu-based pidgin is used with speakers of Kwoma. Manambu has been extensively documented by Alexandra Aikhenvald in a comprehensive grammar.

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  • Paradisec has a collection of Don Laycock's (DL1) that include Manambu language materials
Kwoma-Manambu Pidgin
Native speakers
None
Manmbu-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologkwom1264

References

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  1. ^ Manambu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  • Alexandra Aikhenvald (2008), The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Oxford University Press.