Hember Avu language

Papuan language of Papua New Guinea
Hember Avu
Aregerek
Musar
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
1,500 (2000)[1]
Language family
Trans–New Guinea?
  • Madang
    • Croisilles
      • NW Adelbert Range
        • Tiboran
          • Hember Avu
Language codes
ISO 639-3mmi
Glottologmusa1265
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Hember Avu, also Aregerek and Musar, is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2]

Distribution

Hember Avu is spoken in seven villages:[2]

  • Salemben (4°42′38″S 145°24′30″E / 4.710629°S 145.408306°E / -4.710629; 145.408306 (Salemben))
  • Erinduk (4°38′57″S 145°27′43″E / 4.649225°S 145.461903°E / -4.649225; 145.461903 (Erenduk))
  • Sevan (4°40′46″S 145°26′37″E / 4.679431°S 145.443655°E / -4.679431; 145.443655 (Sevan))
  • Erek Erek (4°42′54″S 145°27′21″E / 4.714899°S 145.455956°E / -4.714899; 145.455956 (Eregereg))
  • Nagemak
  • Kumbu (4°41′37″S 145°23′05″E / 4.693571°S 145.384719°E / -4.693571; 145.384719 (Kumbu))
  • Embor (4°43′56″S 145°21′29″E / 4.732267°S 145.358081°E / -4.732267; 145.358081 (Embor))

References

  1. ^ Hember Avu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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