Editing Mbula language (section)

{{Short description|Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}
{{Distinguish|Mbula-Bwazza language}}
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{{Infobox language
|name=Mbula
|states=[[Papua New Guinea]]
|region=[[Morobe Province]]
|speakers=4,500
|date=2007
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=[[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]
|fam3=[[Oceanic languages|Oceanic]]
|fam4=[[Western Oceanic languages|Western Oceanic]]
|fam5=[[North New Guinea languages|North New Guinea]]
|fam6=[[Ngero–Vitiaz languages|Ngero–Vitiaz]]
|fam7=[[Vitiaz languages|Vitiaz]]
|iso3=mna
|glotto=mbul1263
|glottorefname=Mbula
|lingua=34-BFB-aa
|notice=IPA
}}

'''Mbula''' (also known as Mangap-Mbula, Mangaaba, Mangaawa, Mangaava, Kaimanga) is an [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian language]] spoken by around 2,500 people on [[Umboi Island]] and [[Sakar Island]] in the [[Morobe Province]] of [[Papua New Guinea]]. Its basic [[word order]] is [[subject–verb–object]]; it has a [[Nominative–accusative language|nominative–accusative]] case-marking strategy.