Nema language

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Nema
Gusan
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province
Native speakers
(800 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3gsn
Glottologgusa1246

Nema, a.k.a. Gusan, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Speakers use the name "Nema"; "Gusan" is found in the literature. A language survey team visited the area and reported that the name "Nema" is locally known, though "Gusan" had been used to refer to the language by some linguistic publications in the past.[2]

References

  1. Nema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Retsema, Thom, Margaret Potter and Rachel Gray. 2009. Mungkip: an endangered language. SIL Electronic Survey report 2009-015. [(http://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/88/56/50/88565026574113254980747287043870 517665/silesr2009_015.pdf) Web access]