Maisin

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Maisan

Population

2,610 (2000 census). 600 in Kosirava dialect.

Location

Oro Province, Collingwood bay and Kosirava swamp coast villages.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Kosirava, Maisin. No closely related languages. Lexical similarity: 73% among dialects, but little interaction between users.

Typology

SOV

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Many fluent in Korafe [kpr], Ubir [ubr], or English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy varies from 20%–80%. Taught in primary schools. Bible portions: 2004.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.