Mwakai language
Appearance
Mongol | |
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Mwakai | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 340 (2003)[1] |
Ramu–Keram
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mgt |
Glottolog | mong1344 |
ELP | Mongol-Kaimba |
Coordinates: 4°15′44″S 143°55′03″E / 4.262293°S 143.917638°E |
Mongol, also known as Mwakai, is a Keram language of Papua New Guinea. Despite the name, it is not related to Mongolian, which is spoken in Central Asia.
It is spoken in Mongol village (4°15′44″S 143°55′03″E / 4.262293°S 143.917638°E), Keram Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[2][3]
References
- ^ Mongol 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.