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Mufian

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: aoj

Population	11,000 (1998 SIL). 6,000 Filifita (1999 SIL).
Region	East Sepik Province, Maprik District, Torricelli Mountains, west of Maprik. 36 villages.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 143
Alternate names	Muhian, Muhiang, Southern Arapesh
Dialects	Supari, Balif, Filifita (Ilahita), Iwam-Nagalemb, Nagipaem.
Classification	Torricelli, Kombio-Arapesh, Arapesh
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Filifita 15%–25%; Mufian: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: Filifita 50%–75%; Mufian 50%–75%. NT: 1988–1998.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO; 14 noun classes; noun phrase concordance. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALUNGUM, John; CONRAD, Robert J.; LUKAS, Joshua, authors. 1978. Some Muhiang grammatical notes.  

ALUNGUM, John; CONRAD, Robert J.; LUKAS, Joshua, authors. Available: 2009; Created: 1977. Preliminary phonology of Mufian (Southern Arapesh).  

CONRAD, Jo Ann; CONRAD, Robert J., authors. 1980. Muhian (East Sepik Province).

CONRAD, Jo Ann; CONRAD, Robert J., authors. 1987. "The symbolization of /ə/ in Mufian (Southern Arapesh)."  

CONRAD, Robert J., author. 1978. A survey of the Arapesh language family of Papua New Guinea.  

CONRAD, Robert J., author. 1984. Kinds of information and participant identification in discourse.

CONRAD, Robert J., author. 1990. "Problems in translating from Tok Pisin to Mufian."

CONRAD, Robert J., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1982. Focus spaces and deictic anchorage in Mufian narrative discourse.  

CONRAD, Robert J., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1995. A comparison of Mufian (Balif) and Filifita (Ilahita) phonology, grammar and semantics.  

CONRAD, Robert, author. 1992. Mufian Organised Phonology Data.  

LOVING, Richard, editor. 1978. Miscellaneous papers on Dobu and Arapesh.

LUKAS, Joshua, author. 1978. A Muhiang text: Wewak trip.  

Vernacular Publications

Anamba meina?. 1978.

Basef numunefisis. 1978.

Kisim save long tok Muhiang. 1978.

Mofaʼ gawa ma diga Filifitai = Kisim save long tokples Filifita. 2002.

Mosaʼma epes ama sietelife basefa diga Filifitai. 2002.

Numunefin Filifitai: basef wamunaimi Baibalim eaʼ numunefin wambilinai: stories from Filifita: Bible parables and village stories. 2002.