Aisi language

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Aisi
Musak
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang Province
Native speakers
400 (2015) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mmq
Glottolog musa1266
ELP Aisi
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Aisi, or Musak, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Aisi is spoken in Musak ( 5°20′09″S145°14′25″E / 5.335931°S 145.240255°E / -5.335931; 145.240255 (Musak) ), Kikerai ( 5°14′53″S145°12′38″E / 5.248069°S 145.21067°E / -5.248069; 145.21067 (Kikirai) ), Banam ( 5°24′50″S145°14′15″E / 5.413751°S 145.237589°E / -5.413751; 145.237589 (Banam) ), Sepu ( 5°27′32″S145°12′52″E / 5.458793°S 145.214516°E / -5.458793; 145.214516 (Sepu) ), and Garaligut ( 5°28′25″S145°15′55″E / 5.473568°S 145.265295°E / -5.473568; 145.265295 (Garaligut) ) villages in Usino Rural LLG. [2] [1] [3] The largest Aisi-speaking villages are Sepu, Banam, and Musak, located just to the east of the Ramu River.

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References

  1. 1 2 Aisi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. Daniels, Don. 2016. Magɨ: An undocumented language of Papua New Guinea. Oceanic Linguistics 55: 199-224.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.