Mekwei language

Not to be confused with Moi language (Indonesia).

Mekwei
Mooi, Moi, Menggei, Menggwei, Munggai, Mungge, Munkei, Demenggong-Waibron-Bano, Waipu
Region	Papua
Native speakers	(1,200 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Foja Range Nimboran Mekwei
Language codes
ISO 639-3	msf
Glottolog	mekw1241

Mekwei (Menggwei), or Mooi,^[2] is a Papuan language of Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in Kendate, Maribu, Sabron Dosay, and Waibrong villages.^[3]

References

1. Mekwei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Kamus Dwibahasa, Bahasa Mooi-Bahasa Indonesia (PDF) (in Indonesian). Kementrian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Balai Bahasa Papua. 2017. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
3. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.