Maisin language

Maisin
RegionOro Province, Papua New Guinea
EthnicityMaisin people
Native speakers
2,600 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mbq
Glottologmais1250
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Maisin (or Maisan) is a divergent Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea, containing Papuan features. It is a Nuclear Papuan Tip language, with the Papuan element being Binanderean or Dagan. It is spoken by the Maisin people of Oro Province.

Maisin displays significant lexical copying from Korafe, a neighboring Papuan language.[2]

Other languages with disputed affiliation between either Austronesian or Papuan are Magori, the Reefs-Santa Cruz languages, the Lower Mamberamo languages, and the Pasismanua languages.[2]

  1. ^ Maisin at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Reesink & Dunn 2017.