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Grammar of the Pokau Language, Central Division of Papua, New Guinea
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
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The Pokau or Nara (also spelt Pokao or Nala) language is spoken in a hilly district near the coast to the east of Hall Sound in the Central Division of British New Guinea. The villages speaking the language are Vanuamai, Oroi, Alaala, Diumana, Dubu (or Tubu), Kaiau (or Bokama), Lalime, Abo and Epa.
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- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , October 1945 , pp. 641 - 655
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page 645 note 2 Lister-Turner quotes these forms as “Subjunctive”.
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