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Mari (East Sepik Province)

Mari (East Sepik Province) is a Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Mari (East Sepik Province) · 4.5°S 143.0°E

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

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.

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.

From Wikipedia · Mari language (Sepik) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Mari (East Sepik Province)

MeaningWordRomanization
nameupa*
eyenikas*
eargimb3*
nosesimb3lis*
toothbis3N*
tonguetaxis*
handt3ga*
bloodkukwim*
boneS3bim*
skinopas*
kneebaNgos*
breastm3nikas*
liverwapis*
waterna7im*
fireya7aS*
sunsimal3*
stardok*
stonet3gis*
mountainb3gaL*
treemas*
leaflapa*
nightn3mukal*
dogyaw*
fish7alam*
lousenamis*
onedibas*
twohw3ti*
Ian*
youni*
wen3m*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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