Andai language

Arafundi language of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Andai (Pundungum, Wangkai) is an Arafundi language of Papua New Guinea. Meakambut may be identical, but due to lack of data this cannot be determined with certainty.

NativetoPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
440 (2017)[1]
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Andai
Upper Arafundi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
440 (2017)[1]
Madang – Upper Yuat
Language codes
ISO 639-3afd
Glottologanda1283
ELPMeakambut
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Locations

Kassell, et al. (2018) list Namata, Kupina, Kaiyam, Andambit, and Awarem as the villages where Nanubae is spoken.[2] 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.[2]

According to Ethnologue, it is spoken in Andambit (4.953147°S 143.586822°E / -4.953147; 143.586822 (Andimbit)), Awarem, Imboin (4.792407°S 143.661468°E / -4.792407; 143.661468 (Imboin)), Kaiyam (4.918344°S 143.528512°E / -4.918344; 143.528512 (Kaiyam)), Kupini (4.942655°S 143.581077°E / -4.942655; 143.581077 (Kupin)), and Namata mountain (4.860561°S 143.598304°E / -4.860561; 143.598304 (Namata)) villages in Imboin ward, Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[1][3]

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