Marind | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Malind District, Merauke Regency, South Papua |
Ethnicity | Marind |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1987–2002)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:mrz – Southeastbpv – Northwest |
Glottolog | nucl1621 |
Marind is a Papuan language spoken in Malind District, Merauke Regency, Indonesia by over ten thousand people. Dialects are Southeast Marind, Gawir, Holifoersch, and Tugeri. Bian Marind (Northwest Marind), also known as Boven-Mbian, is divergent enough to not be mutually intelligible, and has been assigned a separate ISO code.[1]
Marind separates the Trans-Fly–Bulaka River languages, which would otherwise occupy a nearly continuous stretch of southern New Guinea.