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Magɨ language

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Magɨ
Magi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
50 (2016)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3gkd
Glottologmagi1243

Magɨ is a moribund Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It was discovered in 2012. It is spoken in the village of Wanang.[2]

Magɨ is most closely related to the Aisi language, with which it forms an Aisian subgroup within the Sogeram branch.[2]

References

  1. ^ Magɨ at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Daniels, Don. 2016. Magɨ: An undocumented language of Papua New Guinea. Oceanic Linguistics 55: 199-224.