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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Maria

Maria

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3mds

Population  1,350 (2000 census).
Region  Central Province, Marshall Lagoon to Mt. Brown; remote.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 16, reference number 753
Alternate names   Manubara
Dialects  Didigaru, Maria, Gebi, Oibu, Amota, Imila, Uderi. Lexical similarity: 63% with Doromu-Koki [kqc] (most similar).
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Manubaran