Concept information
Preferred term
ulkMeriam
Type
-
language
Definition
- Meriam (in the language itself Meriam Mìr; also Miriam, Meryam, Mer, Mir, Miriam-Mir, etc. and Eastern, Isten, Esten, Eastern Torres Strait, and Able Able) is the language of the people of the small islands of Mer (Murray Island), Waier and Dauar, Erub (Darnley Island), and Ugar (Stephens Island) in the eastern Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. In the Western Torres Strait language, Kala Lagaw Ya, it is called Mœyam or Mœyamau Ya. It is the only Papuan language on Australian territory.
Entry terms
- Meriam language
ISO 639-3 code
- ulk
nearly same as
In other languages
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Meriam
French
-
Lenga Meriam
Piedmontese
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Język meriam
Polish
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Мириам
Russian
-
Swedish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ulk
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