Native to Papua New Guinea Native speakers 100 (2000) Glottolog mago1248 | Region Central Province ISO 639-3 zgr | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Papuan Tip
Central
Oumic
Magoric
Magori | ||
Magori is a nearly extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea that has been strongly restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, perhaps Mailu, which the Magori people speak fluently today. The restructuring was so extensive that Magori's family was long in doubt; it was finally established by Dutton in 1976. Magi in turn borrowed large numbers of Austronesian words, either from Magori or its extinct Oumic relatives.
References
Magori language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA