Nete

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
net
Alternate Names
Iniai, Malamauda, Malaumanda, Malumanda
User Population

750 (2000 census).

Location

East Sepik and Enga provinces: next to Hewa [ham] language area. 3 villages.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Engan, Enga
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 70% with Bisorio [bir] of East Sepik.

Language Use

Most also use Enga [enq].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: Below 1%. NT: 2015.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nete
Writing

Latin script [Latn].