Social:Kursav language

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Short description: Madang language of Papua New Guinea
Kursav
Kulsab, Faita
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
10 (2015)e25
Trans–New Guinea
  • Madang
    • Southern Adelbert
      • Sogeram
        • East
          • Kursav
Language codes
ISO 639-3faj
Glottologfait1240[1]
Lang Status 40-SE.svg
Kursav is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Kursav (also known as Faita or Kulsab) is a divergent and nearly extinct Madang language of the Adelbert Range of Papua New Guinea. It was once placed in the now-defunct Brahman branch of Madang. Daniels (2017) identifies Gants as its closest relative.[2]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Kulsab". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/fait1240. 
  2. Daniels, Don. 2017. Gants is a Sogeram Language. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 35: 82-93.

Sources

  • Daniels, Don. 2015. A Reconstruction of Proto-Sogeram: Phonology, Lexicon, and Morphosyntax. Doctoral dissertation, University of California at Santa Barbara.