Nambo-Namna language explained

Nambo-Namna language should not be confused with Nambu languages.

Nambo-Namna
Also Known As:	Nambu
Region:	Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
Speakers:	710
Date:	2018
Ref:	e24
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Yam
Fam2:	Nambu
Dia1:	Nambo
Dia2:	Namna
Iso3:	ncm
Glotto:	namb1293
Glottorefname:	Nambo

Nambo-Namna is a Yam language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The two varieties are mutually intelligible. They are,

• Nambo (Nmbo, Nambu, Nombuio, Tanjuamu, Keraki)
• Namna (Tendavi)

Further reading

• Kashima . Eri . Williams . Daniel . Mark Ellison . T. . Schokkin . Dineke . Escudero . Paola . 2016 . Uncovering the Acoustic Vowel Space of a Previously Undescribed Language: The Vowels of Nambo . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America . en . 139 . 6 . EL252–EL256 . 10.1121/1.4954395 . free. 1885/109254 . free .
• Kashima . Eri . Language In My Mouth: Linguistic Variation in the Nmbo Speech Community of Southern New Guinea . 2020 . PhD . Australian National University . 10.25911/5e58de79d5e15 . free . 1885/201927 . free . en.
• Book: Kashima, Eri . Phonetic Fieldwork in Southern New Guinea . 2021 . University of Hawai'i Press . 978-0-9979673-2-6 . Lindsey . Kate L. . Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication No. 24 . Honolulu . 53–75 . en . The Phonetics of Nmbo (Nɐmbo) with Some Comments on its Phonology (Yam Family; Morehead District) . 10125/24994 . Schokkin . Dineke . free.