Elseng language
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| Elseng | |
|---|---|
| Morwap | |
| Spoken in | Papua, Indonesia |
| Native speakers | 300 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Border ?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mrf |
Elseng (Morwap) is a poorly documented Papuan language spoken by about 300 people (as of 1991[update]) in the Indonesian province of Papua. It is also known as Morwap, which means "what is it?"
Laycock classified Elseng as a language isolate, but noted pronominal similarities with the Border languages. Ross included it in Border because of these similarities, but noted that it doos not appear to share any lexical similarities with the family. However, this may be an effect of the paucity of data on Elseng.
[edit] External links
- Ethnologue report for language code:mrf
- Burung, Wiem. 2000. "A brief note on Elseng." SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2000-001
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