Nafi | |
Also Known As: | Sirak |
Region: | Markham Valley, New Guinea |
Coordinates: | -6.4335°N 146.8256°W |
Speakers: | 160 |
Date: | 1988 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Austronesian |
Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
Fam3: | Oceanic |
Fam4: | Western Oceanic |
Fam5: | Huon Gulf |
Fam6: | Markham |
Fam7: | Lower Markham |
Fam8: | Busu |
Iso3: | srf |
Glotto: | nafi1237 |
Glottorefname: | Nafi |
Nafi, also known as Sirak, is an Austronesian language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
It is spoken in the single village of Nambom (also known as Banzain village) (-6.4335°N 146.8256°W) in Gamiki ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG. Ethnic Nafi people living in Popof village (-6.4387°N 146.806°W) have since switched to speaking Nakama, a Trans-New Guinea language. Intermarriages frequently occur between the two villages.[1]