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(Redirected from Madi language (Papua New Guinea)) Finisterre language of Papua New Guinea
Madi
Gira
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers380 (2003)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3grg
Glottologmadi1261
ELPMadi

Madi, or Gira (Girara), is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Madi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Bibliography

  • Cicero, Edwaldo (1995), Madi wordlist
  • Claassen, Oren R.; McElhanon, Kenneth A. (1970). "Languages of the Finisterre Range" (PDF). Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 11. Pacific Linguistics: Series A. Vol. 23. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 45–78. A brief overview of the Gira language is found on p. 50.


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