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Marangis language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
  
wax

Native speakers
  
590 (2003)

Glottolog
  
wata1253

Region
  
Madang Province, East Sepik Province

Language family
  
Ramu – Lower Sepik Ramu Lower Ramu Ottilien Watam Marangis

Marangis a.k.a. Watam is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. Like Bosmun, it shares a number of irregular plural markers with the Lower Sepik languages, supporting the proposal of a Ramu – Lower Sepik language family.

References

Marangis language Wikipedia