Mari language (Sepik)

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Mari
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region East Sepik Province
Native speakers
(80 cited 2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mbx
Glottolog mari1432
ELP Mari
Coordinates: 4°20′42″S143°03′49″E / 4.3449°S 143.063548°E / -4.3449; 143.063548 (Mari)

Mari is an endangered Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Mari is not used by many children. Although Mari is a language known only by approximately eighty people, it is spoken only within the home. It is spoken in Mari village ( 4°20′42″S143°03′49″E / 4.3449°S 143.063548°E / -4.3449; 143.063548 (Mari) ) of Gawi Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. [1] [2]

Recordings of scriptures in the tongue of Mari can be found on the website of the Global Recordings Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to translating Biblical canon and songs into endangered languages and dialects in audio format. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Mari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. ↑ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. ↑ Global Recordings Network. "Mari language". Global Recordings Network. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
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