Alternate Names: Mareng, Yoadabe-Watoare
Dialects: Central Maring, Eastern Maring, Kambegl, Karamba, Timbunki, Tsuwenki. Central dialect understood by all other dialect speakers.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 11,000 (1998 SIL).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Grammar. Bible portions: 1974–1979.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea