Meriam (in the language itself
Meriam Mìr; also
Miriam, Meryam, Mer, Mir, Miriam-Mir, etc. and
Eastern, Isten, Esten, Eastern Torres Strait, and
Able Able) is the language of the people of the small islands of
Mer (
Murray Island),
Waier and
Dauar,
Erub (
Darnley Island), and
Ugar (
Stephens Island) in the eastern
Torres Strait,
Queensland,
Australia. In the Western Torres Strait language,
Kalaw Lagaw Ya, it is called
Mœyam or
Mœyamau Ya. It is the only
Papuan language on Australian territory.