Marind language

Marind
Marind
Region	Papua New Guinea
Ethnicity	Marind
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1987–2002)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Fly River (Anim) Marind languages Marind; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; mrz – Southeast; bpv – Northwest
Glottolog	nucl1621

Marind is a Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea by over ten thousand people. Dialects are Southeast Marind, Gawir, Holifoersch, and Tugeri. Bian Marind (Northwest Marind), a.k.a. Boven-Mbian, is divergent enough to not be mutually intelligible, and has been assigned a separate ISO code.

Marind separates the Trans-Fly – Bulaka River languages, which would otherwise occupy a nearly continuous stretch of southern New Guinea.

References

^ Southeast at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Northwest at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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[e18-1] Southeast at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Northwest at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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