Nema language

Nema
Nema
Gusan
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Native speakers	800 (2000 census)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Erap Nema; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gsn
Glottolog	gusa1246

Nema, a.k.a. Gusan, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Speakers use the name "Nema"; "Gusan" is found in the literature. A language survey 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.^[2]

References

^ Nema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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]

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[e18-1] Nema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] 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]

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