Social:Nete language
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Short description: Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Nete | |
|---|---|
| Bisorio, Malamauda, Iniai | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2000–2003)[1] |
Engan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:net – Netebir – Bisorio |
| Glottolog | oute1259[2] |
 Nete is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Nete, also known as Bisorio, Malamauda, or Iniai, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Classification
Glottolog classifies Nete and Bisorio as two languages within Outer Engan, a divergent group situated northward across the Central Range from the main Engan-speaking area, located in Enga Province. The purported language Bikaru, spoken at the head of the Korosamen River adjacent to the Nete dialect-speaking area, is a dialect of Bisorio fully mutually intelligible with the rest of the language.[3]
Geography
Villages where Nete is spoken include Malaumanda, Anamanda, Lodon, Onge, Kasakali, Takop, Hulipa, Yaipo, Bake, Nai, Onon, Limbia and Menagus.[4]
Bibliography
- Word lists of Bisorio
- Conrad, Robert J. and Ronald K. Lewis. 1988 Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. In: Smith et al. 243–273.
- Davies, John and Bernard Comrie. 1985. A linguistic survey of the Upper Yuat. In: Adams et al., 275–312.
References
- ↑ Nete at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Bisorio at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Outer Enga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/oute1259.
- ↑ "SIL Map of East Sepik area languages". http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/maps/ESP_small.jpg.
- ↑ "PNGDEV NEWS CONTENTS" (in en-US). Anglicare PNG INC Blogpage. 2015-01-23. https://anglicarepngincblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/pngdev-news-contents-3/.
External links
- Rosetta Project: Nete Swadesh List, Bisorio Swadesh List, Bikaru Swadesh List
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