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Mantion language

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Region
  
Papua

ISO 639-3
  
mnx

Native speakers
  
(12,000 cited 1987)

Glottolog
  
mani1235

Language family
  
East Bird's Head – Sentani East Bird's Head Mantion

Mantion (Manikion), also known as Sougb or Sogh, is a Papuan language of the East Bird's Head language family spoken in East Bird's Head, east of Meyah, south of Manokwari. It consists of four dialects and is spoken by around 12,000 people in all.

References

Mantion language Wikipedia