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Nimboran language information


Nimboran
Namblong
Native toIndonesia
RegionNew Guinea
Ethnicity3,500 (1987)[1]
Native speakers
(2,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family
Foja Range
  • Nimboran
    • Nimboran
Language codes
ISO 639-3nir
Glottolognucl1633

Nimboran (Nambrong, Namblong, Namlong) is a Papuan language of Nimboran District, Jayapura Regency, Indonesia spoken by mostly older adults. Younger generations have shifted to Papuan Malay. It is spoken in about 26 villages to the west of Lake Sentani.

  1. ^ a b Nimboran at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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