Magori language

Magori
Magori
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Central Province
Native speakers	100 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Central Oumic Magoric Magori; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zgr
Glottolog	mago1248
ELP	Magori
	Magori is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Magori is a nearly extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea that has been strongly restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, perhaps Mailu, which the Magori people speak fluently today. The restructuring was so extensive that Magori's family was long in doubt; it was finally established by Dutton in 1976. Magi in turn borrowed large numbers of Austronesian words, either from Magori or its extinct Oumic relatives.

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