Ethnologue

Mosimo

ISO 639-3

Population

50 (Wurm 2000).

Location

Madang province: about 30 km inland from the east coast, north of Alexishafen, due west of Garu and Yoidik settlements.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Related to Rapting [rpt], Wamas [wmc], Samosa [swm], Murupi [mqw], Saruga [sra], Nake [nbk], Matepi [mqe], Garus [gyb], Yoidik [ydk], Rempi [rmp], Silopi [xsp], Utu [utu], Mawan [mcz], Baimak [bmx], Bagupi [bpi], Gal [gap], Nobonob [gaw], and Wagi [fad].

Language Use

Endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Under pressure from Garus [gyb] and Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007).

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