Marind (language)

Marind ( Gawir, Holifoersch, Marind, Southeast Marind, Tugeri ) - Papuan language spoken by the Marind people on the southern coast of the region; in the north and west of the city of Merauke of the Merauke Regency of the province of Papua in Indonesia.

Marinda has dialects of gavir, tugeri, halifoersh and southeastern marinda. There are significant differences between inland and coastal dialects, but the carriers understand each other. In the northwestern dialect ( Bian, Bian Marind, Boven-Mbian, Northwest Marind ) they speak in the area of ​​the Upper Bian River, in the village of Sanayu, a suburb of Muting, Regency Merauke of the province of Papua .