| Nanubae | |
|---|---|
| Lower Arafundi | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
| Native speakers | 1,300 (2005) |
| Language family | Madang – Upper Yuat
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | afk |
| Glottolog | nanu1240 |
Download coordinates as:
Nanubae (Kapagmai, Aunda) is an Arafundi language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to Tapei; the name Alfendio was once used for both.
Locations
Kassell, et al. (2018) list Imanmeri, Wambrumas, and Yamandim as the villages where Nanubae is spoken. Additionally, there are some speakers in Imboin, which also has Tapei speakers.
According to Ethnologue, it is spoken in Imanmeri (4°38′47″S 143°36′15″E / 4.646309°S 143.604125°E / -4.646309; 143.604125 (Imanmeri)), Wambrumas (4°43′35″S 143°33′51″E / 4.726468°S 143.564188°E / -4.726468; 143.564188 (Wambrumas)), and Yamandim (4°44′03″S 143°36′43″E / 4.73418°S 143.611984°E / -4.73418; 143.611984 (Yamandim)) villages of Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
References
- ^ Nanubae at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Kassell, Alison, Bonnie MacKenzie and Margaret Potter. 2018. Three Arafundi Languages: A Sociolinguistic Profile of Andai, Nanubae, and Tapei. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2017-003.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
| Languages of Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major Indigenous languages |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Papuan languages |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sign languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||