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mai brat 語
The MaiBratLanguage is a CentralBirdsHeadLanguage of Indonesia (Irian Jaya). SIL code: AYZ. ISO 639-2: paa. Population: 20,000 or more (1987 SIL). Region: Central Bird's Head around Ayamaru Lakes, about 40 villages. Alternate names: AYAMARU, AJAMARU, BRAT, MAIBRAT, MEY BRAT. Dialects: MAISAWIET, MAIYAH, MAIMAKA, MAITE, MAISEFA. Comments: 10% lexical similarity with Tehit, Mpur, Abun, its closest neighbors. 5,000 to 7,000 are in cities and are very bilingual, some highly educated. Maibrat is used in church. All ages. 'Ayamaru' is name of the people, 'Mai Brat' of language. SVO, heavy verb serialization. Literacy rate in first language: 25% to 50%. Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 50%. Bible portions 1990-1994.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instances鳥頭語言Of the 26 WestPapuanLanguages, eight related languages are classified as a BirdsHeadLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 中央鳥頭語Of the three NorthCentralBirdsHeadLanguages, two closely related languages are classified as a CentralBirdsHeadLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 內容承載物理Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 EntityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 HumanLanguageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 LanguageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 LinguisticExpressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 中北部鳥類頭語Of the eight BirdsHeadLanguages, three related languages are classified as a NorthCentralBirdsHeadLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 PhysicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 口語人類語言A SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
 西papuan語言A WestPapuanLanguage is any one of 26 languages forming a distinct family of languages of Indonesia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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