Mapia language

Mapia
Mapia
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Mapia Atoll, north of Cenderawasih Bay
Extinct	end of 20th century
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Nuclear Micronesian Chuukic–Pohnpeic Chuukic Mapia; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mpy
Glottolog	mapi1250
ELP	Mapia
	Mapia is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Mapia is an extinct^[3] Micronesian language, the only one spoken in Indonesia. It was spoken on Mapia Atoll, 180 km north of the coast of New Guinea, part of Supiori Regency. The population emigrated early in the 20th century,^[1] the only speaker as of 2000 was an elderly man who had remained behind on the island.^{[citation needed]} The rest of the population of Mapia are now Biak-speaking immigrants.

References

1 2 "Mapia". Ethnologue (25 ed.). SIL International. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
↑ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 55.
↑ Desk, News. "Four Papuan languages extinct, linguist says - Archipelago". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2026-04-08.

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[ethnologue-1] 1 2 "Mapia". Ethnologue (25 ed.). SIL International. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

[2] Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 55.

[3] Desk, News. "Four Papuan languages extinct, linguist says - Archipelago". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2026-04-08.

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Mapia language

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