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Mai Brat language

LC control no.sh 97008870
Topical headingMai Brat language
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Variant(s)Ajamaru language
Arai language
Ayamaru language
Brat language
Left May language
Mai Berat language
Maibrat language
Maybrat language
Mey Brat language
See alsoIndonesia--Languages
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Papuan languages
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Found inBokias ro Yesus Kristus, 1982: p. iii (the Mai Berat language; spoken by approximately 21,000 people, the majority of whom live in the subdistricts of Ayamaru, Aitinyo and Aifat in the district of Sorong, Irian Jaya)
Lang. atlas of the Pacific area, 1981-1983: map 1 (Papuan language stocks, Western New Guinea area: Arai or Left May, phylum-level family)
Ethnologue, 13th ed., Nov. 26, 1997 (Mai Brat (Ayamaru, Ajamaru, Brat, Maibrat); West Papuan, Central Bird's Head around Ayamaru Lakes; 'Mai Brat' is name of language, 'Ayamaru' is name of people; 5 dialects: Maisawiet, Maiyah, Maimaka, Maite, Maisefa)
Ruhlen: p. 359 (Brat)
Ensikl. Suku Bangsa di Indonesia, 1995: v. L-Z, p. xii (place in Irian Jaya: Iwur; people: Mey Brat) p. 556 (Mey Brat given as name of people and language; variant Mai Brat; 4 dialects: Mey Tuf/Awi, Mey Mare, Mey Maka/Brat, Mey The)
A grammar of Maybrat : a language of the Bird's Head, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 2002: Introd. (Maybrat is a Papuan language which is spoken in the central area of Irian Jaya, Indonesia)
Not found inEnsikl. Nas. Indonesia