Mbula language

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Mbula
Spoken in: Papua New Guinea 
Region: Morobe Province
Total speakers: 2,500
Language family: Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Central Eastern
   Eastern
    Oceanic
     Western Oceanic
      North New Guinea
       Ngero-Vitiaz
        Vitiaz
         Mbula
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: map
ISO 639-3: mna

Mbula (also known as Mangap-Mbula, Mangaaba, Mangaawa, Mangaava, Kaimanga) is an Austronesian language spoken by around 2,500 people on Umboi Island in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its basic word order is Subject Verb Object; it has a nominative-accusative case marking strategy.

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