Karnai language

Karnai
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	a handful of villages in Morobe and Madang Provinces
Native speakers	920 (2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Ngero–Vitiaz Korap Karnai; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bbv
Glottolog	karn1252

Karnai ('Barim') is an Austronesian language spoken by about 915 individuals in small villages near Wasu, Morobe Province, on Umboi Island, and near Saidor in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Materials on Karnai are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) held by Paradisec.

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