Hember Avu language

{{Short description|Papuan language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Hember Avu

|nativename=Musar

|altname=Aregerek

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Madang Province

|speakers=1,500

|date=2000

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea?

|fam2=Madang

|fam3=Croisilles

|fam4=NW Adelbert Range

|fam5=Tiboran

|iso3=mmi

|glotto=musa1265

|glottorefname=Hember Avu

}}

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Hember Avu, also Aregerek, Musar or Amben, is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.{{cite thesis |type=PhD dissertation |last=Pick |first=Andrew |date=2020 |title=A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |url=http://ling.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/PickDissertation.pdf |access-date=2023-03-01 |archive-date=2023-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604222258/http://ling.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/PickDissertation.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Distribution

Hember Avu is spoken in seven villages:

  • Salemben ({{coord|-4.710629|145.408306|type:city_region:PG|name=Salemben}})
  • Erinduk ({{coord|-4.649225|145.461903|type:city_region:PG|name=Erenduk}})
  • Sevan ({{coord|-4.679431|145.443655|type:city_region:PG|name=Sevan}})
  • Erek Erek ({{coord|-4.714899|145.455956|type:city_region:PG|name=Eregereg}})
  • Nagemak
  • Kumbu ({{coord|-4.693571|145.384719|type:city_region:PG|name=Kumbu}})
  • Embor ({{coord|-4.732267|145.358081|type:city_region:PG|name=Embor}})

References

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{{Madang languages}}

Category:Tiboran languages

Category:Languages of Madang Province

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