Mawes language
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Mawes is a Papuan language of Indonesia.
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Mawes | |
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Region | Papua: Sarmi Regency, Bonggo District - Mawes Dai, Mawes Mukti, and Mawes Wres villages to the west of the Buri River |
Native speakers | 850 (2006)[1] |
Northwest Papuan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mgk |
Glottolog | mawe1251 |
ELP | Mawes |
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Usher (2020) proposes that it may be related to the Kwerbic languages.[2] Foley (2018) classifies Mawes as a language isolate,[3] and so does Hammarström (2010).[4]