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Where is Muno spoken?

Muno is a language isolate, spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Atlantic-Congo
Austronesian
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Otomanguean
Austroasiatic
Tai-Kadai
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Where Muno is spoken

Muno is spoken in one country: Papua New Guinea.

Country
Papua New Guinea

Muno has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Muno?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Muno sits in the language family tree

Muno is a language isolate: Glottolog knows of no language that it is demonstrably related to.

More about Muno

Codes: ISO 639-3 grx, Glottolog guri1248. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Muno

Where is Muno spoken?

Muno is spoken in Papua New Guinea. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Is Muno related to any other language?

Glottolog lists Muno as a language isolate: a language with no demonstrated relatives. It sits on its own in the classification.