Mamaa language

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Mamaa
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Morobe Province
Native speakers
(200 cited 1978) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mhf
Glottolog mama1277
ELP Mamaa

Mamaa is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea, spoken in the village of Mama ( 6°30′31″S146°31′39″E / 6.508642°S 146.52749°E / -6.508642; 146.52749 (Mama) ) in Wampar Rural LLG, Morobe Province. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Mamaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.