Gira language
{{Short description|Finisterre language of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name = Madi
|altname = Gira
|states = Papua New Guinea
|region = Madang Province
|ethnicity =
|speakers = 380
|date = 2003
|ref = e18
|familycolor = Papuan
|fam1 = Trans–New Guinea
|fam2 = Finisterre–Huon
|fam3 = Finisterre
|fam4 = Gusap–Mot
|iso3 = grg
|glotto = madi1261
|glottorefname= Madi (Papua New Guinea)
}}
Gira, or Madi (Girara), is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.
Names
The alternate names for Gira are Girara, Madi, and Gorovu.{{Cite web |title=Glottolog 5.1 - Madi (Papua New Guinea) |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/madi1261 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=glottolog.org}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{citation|last = Cicero| first = Edwaldo| year = 1995| title = Madi wordlist| url = https://pnglanguages.sil.org/resources/archives/67612}}
- {{cite book| last1 = Claassen| first1 = Oren R.| last2 = McElhanon| first2 = Kenneth A.| date = 1970| title = Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 11| chapter = Languages of the Finisterre Range| series = Pacific Linguistics: Series A| volume = 23| publisher = Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University| location = Canberra| pages = 45–78| chapter-url = http://sealang.net/archives/pl/pdf/PL-A23.45.pdf}} A brief overview of the Gira language is found on p. 50.
Category:Languages of Madang Province
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