Nabi language should not be confused with Nabi language (Austronesian).
Nabi | |
Nativename: | Metan |
States: | Papua New Guinea |
Region: | Sandaun Province |
Speakers: | 620 |
Date: | 2003 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Torricelli |
Fam2: | Maimai |
Iso3: | mty |
Glotto: | nabi1239 |
Glottorefname: | Nabi-Metan |
Nabi (Nambi), a.k.a. Metan, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It was assigned to the Maimai branch in Ross (2005).
The language is spoken in three villages; according to Ethnologue, in two they prefer the name Nabi, and in the third Metan.