Information from: “Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict” (36-66) . Laycock, Donald C. (1968)
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,520
"all details are from Glasgow and Loving (1964)." Laycock (1973) later treats Kwanga and Mende (Seim) as a single language, but the two appear to be distinct (Hoel, Ikäheimonen, and Nozawa 1997).
DATE OF INFO
1964
PLACES
Papua New Guinea
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
27 villages in Gawanga census division, Lumi subdistrict, West Sepik Province
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
(SIL)
DATE OF INFO
2001
Scripts (Writing system)
Latin
PLACES
Papua New Guinea
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"East Sepik Province, Maprik district, beyond west boundary; Makru-Klaplei division, Nuku district; Sandaun Province, east of Mehek. 40 villages."
Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)