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Nambu
East Morehead River
Geographic
distribution
New Guinea
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 2000–2003)
Linguistic classificationTrans-Fly – Bulaka River?
Language codes
Glottolognamb1292

Nambu is a cluster of Papuan languages spoken in the Morehead River region of Papua New Guinea.

Languages

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Varieties are distinct but have some mutually intelligibility with their neighbors.[1] Usher (2020) lists the following languages, with Nambo and Namna considered dialects of a single language.[2]

East Morehead River
  • Neme–Ndre: Ndre (Dre, Ndré-di), Neme (Karigari, Dorro, Moi-e, Moive)
  • Upper Wassi Kussa: Nen (Nenium, Wekamara), Nambo–Namna (Nmbo, Nombuio, Tanjuamu, Keraki; Tendavi)
  • Central East Morehead River
    • Namo–Län: Län (Len, Dapo, Dungerwab, Parb, Tuj), Namo (Kaunje)
    • Nama–Namat: Nama (Noraia), Namat (Potoia)

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