Mufian

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: aoj
Alternate Names: Muhian, Muhiang, Southern Arapesh
Population: 11,000 (1998 SIL). 6,000 Filifita (1999 SIL).
Location:: East Sepik province: Maprik district, Torricelli mountains, west of Maprik. 36 villages.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Torricelli, Kombio-Arapesh, Arapesh
Dialects: Balif, Filifita (Ilahita), Iwam-Nagalemb, Nagipaem, Supari.
Typology: SVO; 14 noun classes; noun phrase concordance.
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Dobrin 2014).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Filifita 15%–25%; Mufian: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: Filifita 50%–75%; Mufian 50%–75%. Texts. NT: 1988–1998.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mufian
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: East Sepik province: Maprik district, Torricelli mountains, west of Maprik. 36 villages.