Mawes language
| Mawes | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua, Sarmi Regency, to the west of the Buri River:
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| Extinct | by 2024 |
Northwest Papuan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mgk |
| Glottolog | mawe1251 |
| ELP | Mawes |
Mawes is a recently extinct Papuan language of Indonesia.
Usher (2020) proposes that it may be related to the Kwerbic languages. Foley (2018) classifies Mawes as a language isolate, and so does Hammarström (2010). It had 850 native speakers in 2006, but was extinct by 2024.