Endangered Languages Project - Mehek

Mehek

^{[aka Driafleisuma, Indinogosima, Me’ek]}

Classification: Sepik

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Driafleisuma, Indinogosima, Me’ek, Nuku
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Tama
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nux
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of Mehek and Siliput” (79-108) . Bugenhagen, Robert D. (1981) , Loving, Richard · Summer Institute of Linguistics

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<4,027
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
census data on the population of 9 villages (3,591) + absentee residents (436)

DATE OF INFO: 1978

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: "very positive"
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Makru-Klaplei Census Division, Nuku District, West Sepik Province: 9 villages: Akosamei 2, Klaplei 1, Klaplei 2, Klaplei 3, Wilwil, Ifkindu, Yiminum, Mantsuku, and Nuku.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,336
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 8 villages: Ifkindu, Klaplei No. 1, Klaplei No. 2, Klaplei No. 3, Mantsuku, Nuku, Wilwil, and Yiminim.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,300
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
SIL

DATE OF INFO: 1994

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: "Positive attitudes."
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Nuku district, Makru-Klaplei area, Torricelli mountains lower foothills, southeast of Siliput. 9 large villages."

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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)