Marind language

Marind language
Marind
Spoken in Papua New Guinea
Ethnicity Marind
Native speakers 10,000  (1987–2002)
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3 either:
mrz – Southeast
bpv – Northwest

Marind is a Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea by over ten thousand people. Dialects are Southeast Marind, Gawir, Holifoersch, and Tugeri. Bian Marind (Northwest Marind), aka Boven-Mbian, is divergent enough to not be mutually intelligible, and has been assigned a separate iso code.



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