Mussau-Emira language
Austronesian language of northeast Papua New Guinea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mussau-Emira language is spoken on the islands of Mussau and Emirau in the St Matthias Islands in the Bismarck Archipelago.
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Mussau-Emira | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Islands of Mussau and Emirau (New Ireland Province) |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2003)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | emi |
Glottolog | muss1246 |
ELP | Mussau-Emira |
![]() Mussau is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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