Mawes | |
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Region | Papua: Sarmi Regency, Bonggo District - Mawes Dai, Mawes Mukti, and Mawes Wres villages to the west of the Buri River |
Extinct | 2024[1] |
Northwest Papuan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mgk |
Glottolog | mawe1251 |
ELP | Mawes |
Mawes is an extinct Papuan language of Indonesia.
Usher (2020) proposes that it may be related to the Kwerbic languages.[2] Foley (2018) classifies Mawes as a language isolate,[3] and so does Hammarström (2010).[4] It had 850 native speakers in 2006, but was extinct by 2024.[5]
Foley-NWNG
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).