Nema, a.k.a. Gusan, is one of the
Finisterre languages
The Finisterre languages are a language family, spoken in the Finisterre Range of Papua New Guinea, classified within the original Trans–New Guinea (TNG) proposal, and William A. Foley considers their TNG identity to be established. They s ...
of
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 ...
. Speakers use the name "Nema"; "Gusan" is found in the literature. A
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*measuring people's ability to speak and understand another language (usually community based, not school based) (multilingualism)
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team visited the area and reported that the name "Nema" is locally known, though "Gusan" had been used to refer to the language by some linguistic publications in the past.
[Retsema, Thom, Margaret Potter and Rachel Gray. 2009. Mungkip: an endangered language. SIL Electronic Survey report 2009-015.
http://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/88/56/50/88565026574113254980747287043870
517665/silesr2009_015.pdf) Web access/ref>
]
References
Finisterre languages
Languages of Morobe Province
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