Molof, also called Ampas, Poule or Powle-Ma, is a poorly documented Papuan language spoken by about 200 to 230 people, per a 2005 census, in Molof village and neighboring settlements of Senggi District, Keerom Regency, in Indonesia's Papua province, roughly 100 kilometers south of Jayapura. Its classification remains unresolved between two possibilities, an independent language isolate or membership in the Pauwasi family, and no consensus among linguists has yet settled the question.
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RegionMolof village, Senggi District, Keerom Regency 1 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusNo proto-language has been reconstructed for Molof. Wurm (1975) treated it as an independent Trans-New Guinea branch, but Ross (2005) found insufficient evidence to classify it. Wichmann (2018) and Foley (2018) tentatively treat it as a language isolate, while Usher (2020) tentatively suggests it may belong to the Pauwasi family. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Molof Language
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Molof (Ampas, Poule, Powle-Ma) is a poorly documented Papuan language spoken by about 200 people in Molof village, Senggi District, Keerom Regency.
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