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Mailu, or Magi, is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Magi is a non-Austronesian language spoken by upwards of 6000 people
living on the islands of Mailu, Laluoru, Loupomu and Eunuoro and along the south coast between Cape Rodney and mid-Orangerie
Bay of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. It is often referred to as 'Mailu' as one of the major villages speaking
this language is the village of that name on Mailu Island. It is related to the other languages of the Mailuan family (Ma,
Laua, Morawa, Neme'a, Domu and Bauwaki whose speakers live or lived inland of this area). Ma and Laua are now extinct. Magi
speakers have for a long time had close contacts and (probably extensive) integration with Austronesian speakers, with the
result that there has been a significant adoption of Austronesian vocabulary (around 30–40%, particularly Magori, Gadaisu,
Suau, Ouma, Yoba and Bina, of which the last three are now extinct). Magi itself is divided into two main groups of dialects:
the eastern (Maisi/Varo) dialects, and the western (Island) dialects. |
Names (more)[en] Mailu language[fr] Mailu |
Language type : Living
Technical notes
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : mguLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/mguhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:mgu More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: mguFreebase ISO 639-3 : mgu GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |