Marind | |
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Ethnicity | Marind people |
Geographic distribution |
New Guinea |
Linguistic classification |
Trans–New Guinea
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog | mari1437 |
Map: The Marind languages of New Guinea
The Marind languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited
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The Marind languages are a well established language family of Papuan languages, spoken by the Marind-anim. They form part of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm and Malcolm Ross.
The pronouns are:
The Marind languages were partially identified by Sidney Herbert Ray and JHP Murray in 1918; the family was filled out by JHMC Boelaars in 1950. It was incorporated into Trans–New Guinea by Stephen Wurm in 1975.