Nabi (Nambi), a.k.a. Metan, is a
Torricelli language
Torricelli, or Lou, is a Torricelli language of East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea. There is little data to classify it, and it is therefore left unclassified within Torricelli by Ross (2005).
References
Torricelli languages
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of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. It was assigned to the Maimai branch in Ross (2005).
The language is spoken in three villages; according to ''Ethnologue'', in two they prefer the name ''Nabi'', and in the third ''Metan''.
References
* Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages." In: Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide and Jack Golson, eds, ''Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples,'' 15–66. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Maimai languages
Languages of Sandaun Province
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