Magori language explained

Magori
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Central Province
Speakers:100
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Western Oceanic
Fam5:Papuan Tip
Fam6:Central
Fam7:Oumic
Fam8:Magoric
Map2:Lang Status 80-VU.svg
Iso3:zgr
Glotto:mago1248
Glottorefname:Magori

Magori is a nearly extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea that has been strongly restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, perhaps Mailu, which the Magori people speak fluently today. The restructuring was so extensive that Magori's family was long in doubt; it was finally established by Dutton in 1976.[1] Magi in turn borrowed large numbers of Austronesian words, either from Magori or its extinct Oumic relatives.

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Notes and References

  1. William Foley, 1986, The Papuan Languages of New Guinea, p. 283