Mapia language explained

Mapia
Extinct:end of 20th century
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam5:Nuclear Micronesian
Iso3:mpy
Glotto:mapi1250
Glottorefname:Mapiae
Map:Lang Status 01-EX.svg
Mapcaption:[1]

Mapia was the only Micronesian language spoken in Indonesia, now extinct. It was spoken on Mapia Atoll, 180 km north of the coast of New Guinea, part of Supiori Regency. The population emigrated early in the 20th century[2] the only speaker as of 2000 was an elderly man who had remained behind on the island. The rest of the population of Mapia are now Biak-speaking immigrants.

Notes and References

  1. Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger . UNESCO . 3rd . 2010 . 55.
  2. Web site: Mapia . Ethnologue . SIL International . 25 . 5 December 2022.