Marind language

Marind
Native toIndonesia
RegionMalind District, Merauke Regency, South Papua
EthnicityMarind
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1987–2002)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mrz – Southeast
bpv – Northwest
Glottolognucl1621

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.

  1. ^ a b Southeast at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Northwest at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)