Blafe language explained

Blafe
Nativename:Tonda
Region:Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Speakers:670
Date:2003
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Trans-Fly – Bulaka River?
Fam2:Yam
Fam3:Tonda
Iso3:bfh
Dia1:Blafe
Dia2:Ranmo
Glotto:blaf1238
Glottorefname:Mblafe-Ránmo
Glottofoot:no

Blafe (Mblafe), also known as Tonda[1] or Indorodoro/Yendorador, is a Papuan language of New Guinea. Dialects are Mblafe and Ránmo. It is centered in Indorodoro village (-8.592°N 141.2968°W) of Kandarisa ward (-8.6214°N 141.2194°W), Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.[2] Mblafe-speaking villages are located along eastern banks of the Bensbach River and inland areas to the east of the river.[3]

Notes and References

  1. It is not, however, spoken in the village of Tonda for which it gets its old name.
  2. Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.
  3. John Grummitt, Janell Maste. 2012. A Survey of the Tonda Sub-Group of Languages. SIL International.