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| Maisin | |
|---|---|
| Region | Oro Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Ethnicity | Maisin people |
Native speakers | 2,600 (2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mbq |
| Glottolog | mais1250 |
Maisin (or Maisan) is a divergent Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea, containing Papuan features. It is a Nuclear Papuan Tip language, with the Papuan element being Binanderean or Dagan. It is spoken by the Maisin people of Oro Province.
Maisin displays significant lexical copying from Korafe, a neighboring Papuan language.[2]
Other languages with disputed affiliation between either Austronesian or Papuan are Magori, the Reefs-Santa Cruz languages, the Lower Mamberamo languages, and the Pasismanua languages.[2]
- ^ Maisin at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Reesink & Dunn 2017.
