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Nafi
Nafi
Sirak
Region	Markham Valley, New Guinea
Native speakers	(160 cited 1988)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Huon Gulf Markham Lower Markham Busu Nafi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	srf
Glottolog	nafi1237
ELP	Nafi
	Coordinates: 6°26′01″S 146°49′32″E / 6.433548°S 146.825565°E

Nafi, also known as Sirak, is an Austronesian language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

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It is spoken in the single village of Nambom (also known as Banzain village) (6°26′01″S 146°49′32″E / 6.433548°S 146.825565°E / -6.433548; 146.825565 (Banzain)) in Gamiki ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG. Ethnic Nafi people living in Popof village (6°26′19″S 146°48′21″E / 6.438745°S 146.805971°E / -6.438745; 146.805971 (Popof)) have since switched to speaking Nakama, a Trans-New Guinea language. Intermarriages frequently occur between the two villages.^[2]

References edit

^ Nafi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Holzknecht, Susanne (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-394-8.

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

[Holzknecht-2] Holzknecht, Susanne (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-394-8.

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