Manep language explained

Manep
Also Known As:	Malas
Nativename:	Simbukanam
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province
Speakers:	650
Date:	2003
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Trans–New Guinea?
Fam2:	Madang
Fam3:	Croisilles
Fam4:	Isumrud
Fam5:	Dimir–Malas
Iso3:	mkr
Glotto:	mala1495
Glottorefname:	Malas

Manep (Malas, Simbukanam) is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.^[1]

There are two dialects named after the villages in which they are spoken:^[2]

• Malas dialect, spoken in Malas village (-4.6889°N 145.6065°W)
• Simbukanam dialect, spoken in Simbukanam village

The Malas and Simbukanam dialects differ slightly from each other.^[2]

Notes and References

1. PhD dissertation . Pick . Andrew . 2020 . A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon . University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa .
2. Pick . Andrew . 2019 . Gildipasi language project: tumbuna stories and tumbuna knowledge . Endangered Languages Archive at SOAS, University of London.