Endangered Languages Project - Mende

Mende

^{[aka Seim, Nihamber, Sambu]}

Classification: Sepik

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Seim, Nihamber, Sambu
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Nukuma
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sim
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Information from: “Mende dialect survey” . Hoel, Hanna Marie, Tarja Ikäheimonen, and Michiyo Nozawa (1997)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<5,057
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
5,057
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"According to the 1980 census the population of the Seim area is 5057 and the people live in 15 different villages. Newer population figures have not been released. "

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Nuku District east of the Mehek language group"

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,700
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Nuku district, Torricelli range hills sloping south toward Sepik river plains. 15 villages east of Mehek."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,180
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
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: 1967

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 15 villages in Seim census division, Lumi subdistrict, West Sepik Province

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Information from: “Mende dialect survey” . Hoel, Hanna Marie, Tarja Ikäheimonen, and Michiyo Nozawa (1997)