Mairasi | |
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Etna Bay | |
Geographic distribution | Etna Bay, Kaimana Regency, West Papua |
Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
Language codes | |
Glottolog | mair1253 |
Distribution of the Mairasi languages |
The Mairasi languages, also known as Etna Bay[1] are a small independent family of Papuan languages in the classifications of Malcolm Ross and Timothy Usher, that had been part of Stephen Wurm's Trans–New Guinea proposal. They are named after Etna Bay, located in the southeastern corner of West Papua province, in Indonesia.