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Mairasi (a.k.a. Faranyao and Kaniran) is a Papuan language of the Bomberai Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia.

Mairasi
Native to	West Papua, Indonesia
Region	Bomberai Peninsula
Native speakers	(3,300 cited 1996)[1]
Language family	Mairasi Mairasi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zrs
Glottolog	nucl1594

The Northeastern dialect may be a distinct language.

Distribution

Locations:[2]

• Kaimana Regency
  • Interior villages: Umbran, Jamna Fata, Matna, Tarwata, Sara, Kasira, Orai, Wangatnau, Faranyau, and Sarifan
  • Coastal villages: Sisir, Foroma Jaya, Warasi, Lobo, Lomira, Morona, Nanggwaromi, Omay (May may), and Warika
• Teluk Wondama Regency
  • Naikere District villages: Sararti, Oya, Yabore, Wosimo, Undurara, and Inyora

Phonology

Consonants[3]

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	voiceless		t			ʔ
	voiced	b	d	ʤ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ	s
	voiced	β
Liquid			r
Semivowel		w

Vowels[3]

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Back	a

Pronouns

Mairasi possessor prefixes are:[3]

	sg	pl
1	o-	ee-
2	ne-	e-
3	na-	ne-

Morphology

Case markers

Noun phrase case markers in Mairasi:[3]^: 546

• instrumental suffix -t
• locative postposition ar
• allative postposition ev(i)

Some examples:

Possessors

Mairasi possessor prefixes:[3]^: 546

	sg	pl
1	o-	ee-
2	ne-	e-
3	na-	ne-

Examples of inalienable possessors:

Directionals

Mairasi has two directional suffixes, which are only used with movement verbs.[3]^: 549

• -aʔi ‘up, inland’
• -ari ‘down, seaward’

Examples of directional suffixes in use:

Animacy

Animacy is marked by the adjective modifier n-, as exemplified by the contrast in the following two noun phrases.[3]^: 546

Vowel changes can modify the number of animate nouns:[3]^: 546

References

На других языках

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- [en] Mairasi language

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[fr] Mairasi

Le mairasi est une langue papoue parlée en Indonésie, dans la péninsule de Bomberai, située dans la province de Papouasie occidentale.

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