The Chambri language is spoken by the Chambri people of the Chambri Lakes region in the Sepik basin of northern Papua New Guinea. Spellings in the older anthropological literature include Tchambuli, Tshamberi. Being completely surrounded by the Sepik languages, it is geographically separated from the rest of the Ramu–Lower Sepik language family, of which Chambri is a member.[2]
| Chambri | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Chambri Lakes region, East Sepik Province |
| Ethnicity | Chambri |
Native speakers | 800 (2006)[1] |
Ramu–Lower Sepik
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | can |
| Glottolog | cham1313 |
| ELP | Chambri |
References
edit- ^ Chambri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". 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. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
External links
edit- Paradisec houses a collection of recordings by Bill Foley (WF3) and notebooks from Don Laycock's work (DL2). Both of these collections are open access.