Maybrat is a language isolate spoken by about 25,000 people in on the Bird's Head Peninsula in Southwest Papua Province in eastern Indonesia. In particular, it is spoken in the Tambrauw and Mayrat regencies in central parts of the Bird's Head Peninsula around the Ayamaru Lakes. There are also speakers of Maybrat in urban areas of West Papua.
Maybrat is also known as Mai Brat, Maybrat-Karon or Ayamaru. Dialects include Mayhapeh, Maymaru, Mayasmaun, Maymare, Mayte and Karon Dori (Miyah). Karon Dori differs significantly from the other dialects and is considered a separate language by some people.
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tuo t-nit po-mna Siwa y-sia yao Mafif. Siwa rae ro tapam Maybrat m-awe rae ro o-srokena rae ro popot rae ro y-no po o-knar-knar. Mafif rae ro y-mai fe rae ro y-hu erun. rae ro y-oa po y-no.
I'll tell the tale of Siwa and his brother Mafif. Siwa is a man of the land of the Maybrat, they say a man whoe fools (others) a rich man, a man who is smart at doing things. Mafif is a man who cannot speak, he is quiet. A man who doesn't know how to do anything.
Source: https://archive.org/details/20240406_20240406_1524/page/284/mode/2up
Information about Maybrat | Numbers
Information about Maybrat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybrat_language
https://archive.org/details/20240406_20240406_1524
https://www.academia.edu/109010213/A_Grammar_of_Maybrat_A_Language_of_the_Birds_Head_Peninsula_Papua_Province_Indonesia
Adaizan, Ainu, Basque, Burushaski, Candoshi-Shapra, Chitimacha, Eskayan, Hadza, Haida, Karuk, Kawésqar, Keres, Kuot, Kusunda, Kutenai, Maybrat, Natchez, Nihali, Nivkh, Páez, Purepecha, Sandawe, Seri, Sumerian, Tartessian, Ticuna, Tiwi, Tonkawa, Tunica, Urarina, Waorani, Warao, Wardaman, Washo, Yaghan, Yele, Yuchi/Euchee, Zuni
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 22.01.26. Last modified: 23.01.26
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