| Marind | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Malind District, Merauke Regency, South Papua |
| Ethnicity | Marind |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1987–2002)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mrz – Southeastbpv – 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.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | |||
| Fricative | s | ɣ | h | |||
| Approximant | voiced | w | l | j | ||
| preaspirated | ʰw | ʰj | ||||
- Pre-aspirated glides /ʰw, ʰj/ are also heard as voiceless glides [w̥, j̊].
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | (ɐ) | o |
| Low | a |
- There is also a marginal vowel sound /ɐ/.[2]
References
- 1 2 Southeast at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Northwest at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ↑ Olsson, Bruno (2018). The Coastal Marind Language. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Further reading
- Geurtjens, Hendrik (1933). Marindineesch–Nederlandsch Woordenboek. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 71, 5 (in Dutch). Bandoeng: Nix.
- Drabbe, Peter (1955). Spraakkunst van het Marind: Zuidkust Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea. Studia Instituti Anthropos, 11 (in Dutch). Wien-Mödling: Missiehuis St. Gabriël.
- Olsson, Bruno (2017). The Coastal Marind Language (PhD thesis). Nanyang Technological University. doi:10.32657/10356/73235. hdl:10356/73235.
- Kriens, Ronald. 2003. Report on the Kumbe river survey south coast of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. SIL International.
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