Mapia

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
mpy
Alternate Names
Mapian, Old Mapian
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last speaker survived into the 1990s. Ethnic population: The ethnic group emigrated from Micronesia in the early 20th century.

Location

Papua Barat province: Manokwari regency, Mapia islands.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Pohnpeic-Chuukic, Chuukic
Language Use

Shifted to Biak [bhw] (Wurm 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mapia