Nete, also known as Bisorio, Malamauda, or Iniai, is an
Engan language spoken in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
.
Classification
Glottolog classifies Nete and Bisorio as two languages within Outer Engan, a divergent group situated northward across the
Central Range Central Range, Central Mountains, or Central Mountain Range may refer to several ranges of mountains, including:
* Central Range, New Guinea
* Central Range, Taiwan
* Central Range, Trinidad and Tobago
* Central Range, Venezuela
See also
* Cen ...
from the main
Engan-speaking area, located in
Enga Province
Enga is one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Enga is geographically situated in the northern region of Papua New Guinea and was separated from the adjacent Western Highlands at the time of national independence in 1975. The majority ...
. The purported language Bikaru, spoken at the head of the Korosamen River adjacent to the Nete dialect-speaking area, is a dialect of Bisorio fully mutually intelligible with the rest of the language.
Geography
Villages where Nete is spoken include Malaumanda, Anamanda, Lodon, Onge, Kasakali, Takop, Hulipa, Yaipo, Bake, Nai, Onon, Limbia and Menagus.
Bibliography
;Word lists of Bisorio
*Conrad, Robert J. and Ronald K. Lewis. 1988 Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. In: Smith et al. 243–273.
*Davies, John and Bernard Comrie. 1985. A linguistic survey of the Upper Yuat. In: Adams et al., 275–312.
References
External links
* Rosetta Project
Nete Swadesh ListBisorio Swadesh ListBikaru Swadesh List
Engan languages
Languages of East Sepik Province
Severely endangered languages
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