Marind language

Marind
Marind
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Malind District, Merauke Regency, South Papua
Ethnicity	Marind
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1987–2002)
Language family	Anim Marind-Boazi-Yakhai Marindic Marind; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; mrz – Southeast; bpv – Northwest
Glottolog	nucl1621

Marind is a Papuan language spoken in Malind District, Merauke Regency, Indonesia by over ten thousand people. Dialects are Southeast Marind, Gawir, Holifoersch, and Tugeri. Bian Marind (Northwest Marind), also known as Boven-Mbian, is divergent enough to not be mutually intelligible, and has been assigned a separate ISO code.^[1]

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

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

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

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