Marind language

Marind is a Papuan language spoken in Malind District, Merauke Regency, Indonesia by over ten thousand people. Dialects are Southeast Marind, Gawir, Holifoersch, and Tugeri. Bian Marind (Northwest Marind), also known as Boven-Mbian, is divergent enough to not be mutually intelligible, and has been assigned a separate ISO code.

This article is about the specific language. For the language family, see Marind languages.
Marind
Native toIndonesia
RegionMalind District, Merauke Regency, South Papua
EthnicityMarind
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1987–2002)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mrz – Southeast
bpv – Northwest
Glottolognucl1621

Marind separates the Trans-Fly–Bulaka River languages, which would otherwise occupy a nearly continuous stretch of southern New Guinea.

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