Mari is an endangered

Sepik language The Sepik or Sepik River languages are a family of some 50 Papuan languages spoken in the Sepik river basin of northern Papua New Guinea, proposed by Donald Laycock in 1965 in a somewhat more limited form than presented here. They tend to h ...

spoken in

East Sepik Province East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size. History Cherubim Dambui was appointed as East Sepik's first premier ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. Mari is not used by many children. Although Mari is a language known only by approximately eighty people, it is spoken only within the home. It is spoken in Mari village () of

Gawi Rural LLG Gawi Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Sepik Hill languages are spoken in this LLG. Wards *01. Sapande *02. Yamanumbu *03. Pagwi Pagwi is a village and township on the Sepik River in Gawi Ru ...

. Recordings of scriptures in the tongue of Mari can be found on the website of the

Global Recordings Network Global Recordings Network (GRN) was founded by Joy Ridderhof in Los Angeles, California in 1939 as "Gospel Recordings." The mission of GRN is "In partnership with the church, to effectively communicate the Good News of Jesus Christ by means of cultu ...

, a non-profit organization dedicated to translating

Biblical canon A biblical canon is a set of texts (also called "books") which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible. The English word ''canon'' comes from the Greek , meaning "rule" or " measuring stick". The us ...

and songs into endangered languages and dialects in audio format.

References

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea Bahinemo languages Languages of East Sepik Province Endangered Papuan languages