Mato language

Mato
Mato
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe
Native speakers	580 (2002)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Ngero–Vitiaz Roinji–Nenaya Mato; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	met
Glottolog	mato1252

Mato is a minor Austronesian language of northern Papua New Guinea^[2] just inside Morobe Province. Mato is also referred to by the names Nenaya, Nengaya, and Nineia.^[2] Mato language has two minor variations, Tabares and Remuk, and the two variations are each spoken in three separate villages. While Mato is surrounded by several other languages, this has no effect on the grammar changes within Mato boundaries. The linguistic situation is very stable, due in part to the geographical isolation of the Mato people.^[3]

^ Mato at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Lewis, Paul; Simons, Gary; Fennig, Charles. "Mato". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ Stober, Scot (September 2005). "Mato Dialect Survey" (Survey). SIL. Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

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

[Mato-2] Lewis, Paul; Simons, Gary; Fennig, Charles. "Mato". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

[Dialect_Survey-3] Stober, Scot (September 2005). "Mato Dialect Survey" (Survey). SIL. Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

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