Mala language

Mala
Mala
Pay
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	1,400 (2003)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Madang Croisilles Northwest Adelbert Range Kaukombar Mala; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ped
Glottolog	mala1494

Last updated July 29, 2025

Mala, or Pay, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.^[2]

References

↑ Mala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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[e18-1] Mala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Pick_2020-2] Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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