Meriam Mir

Meriam Mir is spoken by about 2,000 people on the Torres Strait Islands of Erub, Ugar and Mer between Papua New Guinea and the mainland of Australian. Some linguists classify Miriam Mir as a member of the Eastern Trans-Fly language family of Trans-New Guinea. However, others think it is not related to the other languages in that family.

Meriam Mir pronunciation

Meriam Mir pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Meriam Mir (Excel)

Information compiled mainly by Jack Gill and Rod Mitchell

Links

Information about the Meriam Mir language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriam_Mir_language

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 23.04.21

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