Marind language
| Marind | |
|---|---|
| Region | Malind District, Merauke Regency, Indonesia |
| Ethnicity | Marind |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1987–2002)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mrz – Southeastbpv – Northwest |
| Glottolog | nucl1621 |
Marind is a Papuan language spoken in Malind District, Merauke Regency, Indonesia by over ten thousand people. Dialects are Southeast Marind, Gawir, Holifoersch, and Tugeri. Bian Marind (Northwest Marind), a.k.a. Boven-Mbian, is divergent enough to not be mutually intelligible, and has been assigned a separate ISO code.[2]
Marind separates the Trans-Fly–Bulaka River languages, which would otherwise occupy a nearly continuous stretch of southern New Guinea.
References[]
- ^ Southeast at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Northwest at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
Further reading[]
- Geurtjens, Hendrik (1933). Marindineesch–Nederlandsch Woordenboek. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 71, 5 (in Dutch). Bandoeng: Nix.
- Drabbe, Peter (1955). Spraakkunst van het Marind: Zuidkust Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea. Studia Instituti Anthropos, 11 (in Dutch). Wien-Mödling: Missiehuis St. Gabriël.
- Olsson, Bruno (2017). The Coastal Marind Language (PhD thesis). Nanyang Technological University. doi:10.32657/10356/73235. hdl:10356/73235.
- Kriens, Ronald. 2003. Report on the Kumbe river survey south coast of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. SIL International.
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