Manambu language

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Manambu

|nativename=

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Sepik River basin

|speakers={{sigfig|3,000|2}}

|date=2018

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Sepik

|fam2=Middle Sepik

|fam3=Ndu

|iso3=mle

|glotto2=mana1298

|glottorefname2=Manambu

}}

Manambu is one of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea. A Manambu-based pidgin is used with speakers of Kwoma. Manambu has been extensively documented by Alexandra Aikhenvald in a comprehensive grammar.

References

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  • Alexandra Aikhenvald (2008), The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Oxford University Press.

{{Sepik languages}}

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}

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Category:Languages of East Sepik Province

Category:Ndu languages

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