Mapia

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639: mpy
Alternate Names: Mapian, Old Mapian
Population: No known L1 speakers. Last speaker survived into the 1990s. Ethnic population: The ethnic group emigrated from Micronesia in the early 20th century.
Location:: Papua Barat province: Manokwari regency, Mapia islands.
Language Status: 10 (Extinct).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Pohnpeic-Chuukic, Chuukic
Language Use: Shifted to Biak [bhw] (Wurm 2007).

Location: Papua Barat province: Manokwari regency, Mapia islands.