Marik language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name= Marik

|altname= Ham

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=around Gogol River, Madang Province

|speakers=3,500

|date=1998

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western Oceanic

|fam5=North New Guinea ?

|fam6=Ngero–Vitiaz

|fam7=Bel

|fam8=Nuclear Bel

|script=

|iso3=dad

|glotto=mari1428

|glottorefname=Marik

}}

Marik, or Ham, is an Austronesian language spoken by 3,500 people in 10 villages around the Gogol River, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.