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ISO 639-3 · mgumgu
Trans–New Guinea family

Mailu

Mailu is a language of the Mailuan branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata describes it as “language of Papua New Guinea”.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mgu
Glottocode
mail1248
Wikipedia
6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameMailu
Also calledMailu language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Trans–New Guinea to Mailu

The branches above Mailu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

212Trans–New Guineafamily6MailuanbranchmguMailulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting