Mbula language

Mbula
Mbula
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Native speakers	4,500 (2007)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea Ngero–Vitiaz Vitiaz Mbula; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mna
Glottolog	mbul1263
Linguasphere	34-BFB-aa
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Mbula (also known as Mangap-Mbula, Mangaaba, Mangaawa, Mangaava, Kaimanga) is an Austronesian language spoken by around 2,500 people on Umboi Island and Sakar Island in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its basic word order is subject–verb–object; it has a nominative–accusative case-marking strategy.