| 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.