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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names
Namo Aporo, Namome
Autonym
Namo Me
User Population

1,100 (San Roque and Loughnane 2012).

Location

Southern Highlands province: Nipa district; Gulf province; Western province: Kikori river.

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Dialects

Some, Kaibu (Kaipu), Namome (Namumi, Namuni).

Language Use

Also use English [eng] (Lefort 2017). Also use Kasua [khs] (Lefort 2017). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Lefort 2017). Used as L2 by Kasua [khs].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1976–1995.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Some and Namuni may be separate languages (Wurm and Hattori 1981).