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{{Short description|Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}
{{Other uses|Nete (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Nete
|altname=Bisorio, Malamauda, Iniai
|nativename=
|states=[[Papua New Guinea]]
|region=[[East Sepik Province]]
|speakers={{sigfig|1010|2}}
|date=2000–2003
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=[[Engan languages|Engan]] 
|fam2=North Engan
|map2=Lang Status 40-SE.svg
|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Nete is classified as Severely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
|lc1=net
|ld1=Nete
|lc2=bir
|ld2=Bisorio
|glotto=oute1259
|glottorefname=Outer Enga
|ELP=10628
|ELPname=Bisorio
}}

'''Nete''', also known as '''Bisorio''', '''Malamauda''', or '''Iniai''', is an [[Engan language]] spoken in [[Papua New Guinea]].

== Classification ==
Glottolog classifies Nete and Bisorio as two languages within Outer Engan, a divergent group situated northward across the [[New Guinea Highlands|Central Range]] from the main [[Engan languages|Engan]]-speaking area, located in [[Enga Province]]. The purported language Bikaru, spoken at the head of the Korosamen River adjacent to the Nete dialect-speaking area, is a dialect of Bisorio fully mutually intelligible with the rest of the language.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/maps/ESP_small.jpg|title=SIL Map of East Sepik area languages|access-date=2017-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124021955/http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/maps/ESP_small.jpg|archive-date=2015-11-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Villages where Nete is spoken include Malaumanda, Anamanda, Lodon, Onge, Kasakali, Takop, Hulipa, Yaipo, Bake, Nai, Onon, Limbia and Menagus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://anglicarepngincblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/pngdev-news-contents-3/|title=PNGDEV NEWS CONTENTS|date=2015-01-23|work=Anglicare PNG INC Blogpage|access-date=2017-11-16|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
;Word lists of Bisorio
*Conrad, Robert J. and Ronald K. Lewis. 1988 Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. In: Smith et al. 243–273.
*Davies, John and Bernard Comrie. 1985. A linguistic survey of the Upper Yuat. In: Adams et al., 275–312.

==References==
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== External links ==
* Rosetta Project: [https://archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_net_swadesh-1/net.txt Nete Swadesh List], [https://archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_bir_swadesh-1/bir.txt Bisorio Swadesh List], [https://archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_bic_swadesh-1/bic.txt Bikaru Swadesh List]

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}

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[[Category:Engan languages]]
[[Category:Languages of East Sepik Province]]
[[Category:Severely endangered languages]]

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