Nanubae language explained

Nanubae
Also Known As:Lower Arafundi
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:East Sepik Province
Date:2005
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Madang – Upper Yuat
Fam2:Upper Yuat
Fam3:Arafundi
Iso3:afk
Glotto:nanu1240
Glottorefname:Nanubae

Nanubae (Kapagmai, Aunda) is an Arafundi language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to Tapei; the name Alfendio was once used for both.

Locations

Kassell, et al. (2018) list Imanmeri, Wambrumas, and Yamandim as the villages where Nanubae is spoken. Additionally, there are some speakers in Imboin, which also has Tapei speakers.[1]

According to Ethnologue, it is spoken in Imanmeri (-4.6463°N 143.6041°W), Wambrumas (-4.7265°N 143.5642°W), and Yamandim (-4.7342°N 143.612°W) villages of Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Kassell, Alison, Bonnie MacKenzie and Margaret Potter. 2018. Three Arafundi Languages: A Sociolinguistic Profile of Andai, Nanubae, and Tapei. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2017-003.
  2. Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.