Andai (Meakambut, Pundungum, Wangkai) is an
Arafundi language
The Arafundi languages are a small family of clearly related languages in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. They are conjectured to be related to the Piawi and Madang languages. They are named after the Arafundi River.
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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 ...
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Locations
Kassell, et al. (2018) list Namata, Kupina, Kaiyam, Andambit, and Awarem as the villages where Nanubae is spoken.
[Kassell, Alison, Bonnie MacKenzie and Margaret Potter. 2018. ]
Three Arafundi Languages: A Sociolinguistic Profile of Andai, Nanubae, and Tapei
'. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2017-003. 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.
According to ''
Ethnologue'', it is spoken in Andambit (), Awarem, Imboin (), Kaiyam (), Kupini (), and Namata mountain () villages in Imboin ward,
Karawari Rural LLG
Karawari Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Various Ramu, Arafundi (Upper Yuat), and Sepik languages are spoken in the LLG.
Wards
*01. Masandanai
*02. Kaiwaria
*03. Manjamai
*04. Konmei
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East Sepik Province
East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size.
History
Cherubim Dambui was appointed as East Sepik's first premier b ...
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References
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea
Arafundi languages
Languages of East Sepik Province