Moskona

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
mtj
Alternate Names
Meninggo, Meningo, Meyah, Sabena
Autonym
Moskona
User Population

8,000 (1996 SIL).

Location

West Papua province: southeast Bird’s Head, west Bituni Bay; Sebjor river basin.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
East Bird’s Head-Sentani, East Bird’s Head, Meax
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 85% with Meyah [mej]. Also related to Sougb [mnx].

Language Development

NT: 2001.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Moskona
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.