Manep language
(Redirected from Malas language)
| Manep | |
|---|---|
| Malas | |
| Simbukanam | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province |
Native speakers | 650 (2003)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mkr |
| Glottolog | mala1495 |
Manep (Malas, Simbukanam) is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2]
There are two dialects named after the villages in which they are spoken:[3]
- Malas dialect, spoken in Malas village (4°41′20″S 145°36′24″E / 4.688875°S 145.606541°E)
- Simbukanam dialect, spoken in Simbukanam village
The Malas and Simbukanam dialects differ slightly from each other.[3]
References
- ^ Manep at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
- ^ a b Pick, Andrew (2019). "Gildipasi language project: tumbuna stories and tumbuna knowledge". Endangered Languages Archive at SOAS, University of London.
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