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Mekwei language

Mekwei (Menggwei), or Mooi, is a Papuan language of Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in Kendate, Maribu, Sabron Dosay, and Waibrong villages.

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Mekwei
Mooi, Moi, Menggei, Menggwei, Munggai, Mungge, Munkei, Demenggong-Waibron-Bano, Waipu
RegionPapua
Native speakers
(1,200 cited 1987)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3msf
Glottologmekw1241

Mekwei (Menggwei), or Mooi,2 is a Papuan language of Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in Kendate, Maribu, Sabron Dosay, and Waibrong villages.3

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References

  1. Mekwei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Kamus Dwibahasa, Bahasa Mooi-Bahasa Indonesia (PDF) (in Indonesian). Kementrian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Balai Bahasa Papua. 2017. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  3. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.