Mari language (Sepik)
Mari is an endangered Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
| Mari | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 80 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mbx |
| Glottolog | mari1432 |
| ELP | Mari |
| Coordinates: 4.3449°S 143.063548°E | |
Mari is not used by many children. Although Mari is a language known only by approximately eighty people, it is spoken only within the home. It is spoken in Mari village (4.3449°S 143.063548°E) of Gawi Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[2][3]
Recordings of scriptures in the tongue of Mari can be found on the website of the Global Recordings Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to translating Biblical canon and songs into endangered languages and dialects in audio format.[4]
References
- Mari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- Global Recordings Network. "Mari language". Global Recordings Network. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
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