Yambarik village, Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
Madang
Central
Yamben
Language codes
ISO 639-3
(ynb is proposed[2])
Glottolog
yamb1257
Yamben (Yaben) is a Trans–New Guinea language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It was first documented by Andrew Pick in the 2010s and classified by Pick (2019) as a probable primary branch of Madang, though its precise classification is still pending further research.[1] Although surrounded by Croisilles languages, Yamben is not one of them.
Yamben (Yaben) was not previously noticed by other scholars due to confusion with the nearby language of the same name.[1]
Yamben is spoken in the single village of Yambarik (4°46′16″S145°34′12″E / 4.771029°S 145.570102°E / -4.771029; 145.570102 (Yambrik)) in Imbab ward, Sumgilbar Rural LLG, and is reachable via a few hours' hike into the Adelbert Mountains from Tokain village.[3][4]
^ abcPick, Andrew (2019). "Yamben: A previously undocumented language of Madang" (PDF). 5th Workshop on the Languages of Papua. Universitas Negeri Papua, Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia.
^"2023-006". SIL International. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
^Pick, Andrew (2019). "Gildipasi language project: tumbuna stories and tumbuna knowledge". Endangered Languages Archive at SOAS, University of London.
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