Mari language (Sepik)

Mari is an endangered Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Mari
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
80 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mbx
Glottologmari1432
ELPMari
Coordinates: 4.3449°S 143.063548°E / -4.3449; 143.063548 (Mari)

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 / -4.3449; 143.063548 (Mari)) of Gawi Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[1][2]

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.[3]

References

  1. Mari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. Global Recordings Network. "Mari language". Global Recordings Network. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
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