La información está incompleta “Mende dialect survey” . Hoel, Hanna Marie, Tarja Ikäheimonen, and Michiyo Nozawa (1997)
Con amenaza de extinción
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<5,057
5,057
"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. "
LUGARES
Papua New Guinea
DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN
"Sandaun Province, Nuku District east of the Mehek language group"
La información está incompleta “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
Con amenaza de extinción
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,700
(SIL)
FECHA DE INFORMACIÓN
2003
Alfabetos, sistemas de escritura y ortografías
Latin
LUGARES
Papua New Guinea
DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN
"Sandaun Province, Nuku district, Torricelli range hills sloping south toward Sepik river plains. 15 villages east of Mehek."
La información está incompleta “Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict” (36-66) . Laycock, Donald C. (1968)
Con amenaza de extinción
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,180
Laycock (1973) later treats Kwanga and Mende (Seim) as a single language, but the two appear to be distinct (Hoel, Ikäheimonen, and Nozawa 1997).
FECHA DE INFORMACIÓN
1967
LUGARES
Papua New Guinea
DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN
15 villages in Seim census division, Lumi subdistrict, West Sepik Province