Mer (also called Muri, Miere) is a
Papuan language
The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian and non- Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...
spoken in
Papua province of
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
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Groups
There are two groups of Miere speakers:
*''Gunung'' ("Mountain") or ''Kakak'' ("elder") group, in Yabore village, Naikere District
*''Pantai'' ("Beach") or ''Adik'' ("younger") group, in Senderewoi village, Rasiey District
References
Languages of western New Guinea
Mairasi languages
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