Kursav language

Kursav
Kulsab, Faita
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	10 (2015)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Madang Southern Adelbert Sogeram East Kursav
Language codes
ISO 639-3	faj
Glottolog	fait1240
ELP	Kursav
Kursav is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Kursav (also known as Faita or Kulsab) is a divergent and nearly extinct Madang language of the Adelbert Range of Papua New Guinea. It was once placed in the now-defunct Brahman branch of Madang. Daniels (2017) identifies Gants as its closest relative.^[2]

References

1. Kursav at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Daniels, Don. 2017. Gants is a Sogeram Language. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 35: 82-93.

Sources

• Daniels, Don. 2015. A Reconstruction of Proto-Sogeram: Phonology, Lexicon, and Morphosyntax. Doctoral dissertation, University of California at Santa Barbara.