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Mer (also called Muri, Miere) is a
Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...
spoken in Papua province of
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Groups

There are two groups of Miere speakers: *''Gunung'' ("Mountain") or ''Kakak'' ("elder") group, in Yabore village, Naikere District *''Pantai'' ("Beach") or ''Adik'' ("younger") group, in Senderewoi village, Rasiey District


References

Languages of western New Guinea Mairasi languages {{papuan-lang-stub