Maring language

Not to be confused with Maring language (India).
Maring
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Western Highlands Province
Ethnicity Maring, such as the Tsembaga Maring
Native speakers
11,000 (1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mbw
Glottolog mari1435[2]

Maring (Mareng), or Yoadabe-Watoare, is a Trans–New Guinea language of the Chimbu–Wahgi branch spoken in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Central Maring, Eastern Maring, Timbunki, Tsuwenki, Karamba, Kambegl; Central Maring is understood by all.

References

  1. Maring at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Maring". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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