Nanubae (Kapagmai, Aunda) is an

Arafundi language The Arafundi languages are a small language family, family of clearly related languages in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. They are conjectured to be related to the Piawi languages, Piawi and Madang languages. They are named after the Araf ...

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. It is close to

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; the name ''Alfendio'' was once used for both.

Locations

Kassell, et al. (2018) list Imanmeri, Wambrumas, and Yamandim as the villages where Nanubae is spoken. Additionally, there are some speakers in Imboin, which also has

speakers.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. According to ''

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'', it is spoken in Imanmeri (), Wambrumas (), and Yamandim () villages of

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 *05. Am ...

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References

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea Arafundi languages Languages of East Sepik Province