Mubami language
Mubami | |
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Tao | |
Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 1,700 (2002)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tsx |
Glottolog | muba1238 |
Mubami is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It goes by the names Dausame, Tao-Suamato, Tao-Suame, and Ta. The language is used in all age groups and domains of life, including education,[2] and is therefore counted as not presently endangered.[3]
It spoken in Diwami, Kubeai, Parieme, Paueme, Sogae, Ugu, and Waliho villages on the Guavi and Aramia rivers in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.[4]
A word list of Mubami can be found in Z'graggen (1975)[5]
References[]
- ^ Mubami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Paul M. Lewis (editor), 2009: Ethnologue: Languages of the world. 16th edition. SIL International, Dallas, Texas.
- ^ Harald Hammarström, 2010: The status of the least documented language families in the world.
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ Z'graggen, John A. 1975. Comparative wordlists of the Gulf District and adjacent Areas. In: Richard Loving (ed.), Comparative Wordlists I. 5–116. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG. (Rearranged version of Franklin ed. 1973: 541–592) with typographical errors.)
External links[]
- Mubami. New Guinea World.
Categories:
- Inland Gulf languages
- Languages of Papua New Guinea
- Trans–New Guinea language stubs