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Nabi language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

Native speakers
  
620 (2003)

Glottolog
  
nabi1239

Region
  
Sandaun Province

ISO 639-3
  
mty

Language family
  
Torricelli Maimai Nabi

Nabi (Nambi), a.k.a. Metan, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It was assigned to the Maimai branch in Ross (2005).

The language is spoken in three villages; according to Ethnologue, in two they prefer the name Nabi, and in the third Metan.

References

Nabi language Wikipedia