Nggarna language

Nggarna (Ngar), or Sota (Sota Kanum), is a Yam language of in the village of Sota in western Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.[2] Despite identifying as Kanum, the language is closer to Rema across the border in Indonesia than it is to other Kanum languages of Papua New Guinea.[3]

Nggarna
Sota
RegionWestern Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
(100 cited 1996)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3krz
Glottologsota1242
ELPSota Kanum

References

  1. Nggarna at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) closed access
  2. Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  3. NGW
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