Mawes language

Mawes
RegionPapua: Sarmi Regency, Bonggo District - Mawes Dai, Mawes Mukti, and Mawes Wres villages to the west of the Buri River
Extinct2024[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mgk
Glottologmawe1251
ELPMawes

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]

  1. ^ Mawes at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ New Guinea World
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Foley-NWNG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Harald Hammarström. 2010. The Genetic Position of the Mawes Language. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Languages of Papua 2, 8–12 February 2010, Manokwari, Indonesia.
  5. ^ "11 Indigenous Languages Declared Extinct: Education Ministry". Jakarta Globe. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.