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(Redirected from Nambo language) Yam language spoken in Papua New Guinea Not to be confused with Nambu languages.
Nambo-Namna
Nambu
RegionWestern Province (Papua New Guinea)
Native speakers710 (2018)
Language familyYam
Dialects
  • Nambo
  • Namna
Language codes
ISO 639-3ncm
Glottolognamb1293

Nambo-Namna is a Yam language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The two varieties are mutually intelligible. They are,

  • Nambo (Nmbo, Nambu, Nombuio, Tanjuamu, Keraki)
  • Namna (Tendavi)

References

  1. Nambo-Namna at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Closed access icon

Further reading

Yam languages
Tonda
Nambu
Other
Languages of Papua New Guinea
Official languages
Major Indigenous
languages
Other Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages
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