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Simbari or Chimbari is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea.

There are at least two dialects of Simbari. The Simbari language is partly cognate with Baruya.

Simbari is spoken by the Simbari people. Simbari culture and society have received extensive anthropological studies, especially by Gilbert Herdt.

See also

• Sambia Sexual Culture

Bibliography

Phonological sketches

• Lloyd, Richard G. 1973a. The Angan language family. In: Franklin (ed.), 31–110.
• Lloyd, Richard G. 1973b. The Angan language family: Neighbouring languages. In: Franklin (ed.), 93–94.

References

1. Simbari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Fiske, Alan Page. Sambia notes.
3. Herdt, Gilbert H. (1981). Guardians of the Flutes: Idioms of Masculinity. New York: McGraw-Hill.
4. Herdt, Gilbert H. (1982). Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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