Hember Avu, also Aregerek, Musar or Amben, is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2]
| Hember Avu | |
|---|---|
| Aregerek | |
| Musar | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2000)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mmi |
| Glottolog | musa1265 |
Distribution
editHember Avu is spoken in seven villages:[2]
- Salemben (4°42′38″S 145°24′30″E / 4.710629°S 145.408306°E)
- Erinduk (4°38′57″S 145°27′43″E / 4.649225°S 145.461903°E)
- Sevan (4°40′46″S 145°26′37″E / 4.679431°S 145.443655°E)
- Erek Erek (4°42′54″S 145°27′21″E / 4.714899°S 145.455956°E)
- Nagemak
- Kumbu (4°41′37″S 145°23′05″E / 4.693571°S 145.384719°E)
- Embor (4°43′56″S 145°21′29″E / 4.732267°S 145.358081°E)
References
edit- ^ Hember Avu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
