Mari language (Sepik)
| Mari | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 80 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mbx |
| Glottolog |
mari1432[2] |
Mari is an endangered Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. It is not used by many children. Although Mari is a language known only by approximately eighty people, it is spoken only within the home.
Recordings of scriptures in the tongue of Mari can be found on the Global Recordings Website whose mission it is to spread the word of the Gospel to dying languages.
References
- ↑ Mari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mari (East Sepik Province)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
4. Global Recordings Network. (n.d.). Retrieved February 9, 2017, from http://globalrecordings.net/en/language/3276Sepik+languagesUpper+SepikWogamusinChenapianWogamusinIwamAmalMay+River+IwamSepik+IwamOtherAbauMiddle+SepikNukumaKwangaKwomaSeimNduAbelamBoikenBuruiGaikundiIatmulKeakKoiwatKwasengenManambuNgalaSengoSos+KundiYeloguOtherYerakaiSepik+HillSanioBikaruHewaNiksekPiameSanioBahinemoBisisBitaraBahinemoKaprimanMariNigiluSumariupWaguWatakatauiAlamblakAlamblakKaningraPapiPapiSuarminOthersWalioPeiTuwariWalioYawiyoRamAwtuwKarawaPouyeTamaAyiKalouMehekPahiPasiYessan-MayoYellow+RiverAkAwunNamiaOtherBiksi-Yetfa
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