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Andai (Meakambut, Pundungum, Wangkai) is an
Arafundi language The Arafundi languages are a small family of clearly related languages in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. They are conjectured to be related to the Piawi and Madang languages. They are named after the Arafundi River. Alfendio is an old s ...
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Locations

Kassell, et al. (2018) list Namata, Kupina, Kaiyam, Andambit, and Awarem as the villages where Nanubae is spoken.Kassell, Alison, Bonnie MacKenzie and Margaret Potter. 2018.
Three Arafundi Languages: A Sociolinguistic Profile of Andai, Nanubae, and Tapei
'. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2017-003.
In the Andai area, the ''Mongolo'' (or ''Meakambut'', after one of their former villages) people, a group of about 50–60 people, live east of the Arafundi River; Kassell, et al. (2018) believe this may be a separate ethnolinguistic group. According to ''
Ethnologue ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensive catalogue of languages. It w ...
'', it is spoken in Andambit (), Awarem, Imboin (), Kaiyam (), Kupini (), and Namata mountain () villages in Imboin ward,
Karawari Rural LLG Karawari Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Various Ramu, Arafundi (Upper Yuat), and Sepik languages are spoken in the LLG. Wards *01. Masandanai *02. Kaiwaria *03. Manjamai *04. Konmei *05. Am ...
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East Sepik Province East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 450,530 people (2011 census) and is 43,426 km square in size. Its density is 10.4 people per square kilometer. History Cherubim D ...
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References

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea Arafundi languages Languages of East Sepik Province