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Mek languages

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Ethnicity:
  
Mek people

Linguistic classification:
  
Trans–New Guinea Mek

Geographic distribution:
  
New Guinea

Glottolog:
  
mekk1240

Mek languages

The Mek languages are a well established family of Papuan languages spoken by the Mek peoples. They form a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and of Malcolm Ross (2005).

The Mek languages form three dialect chains (Heeschen 1998):

  • Eastern: Ketengban (including Okbap, Omban, Bime, Onya), Una (Goliath), Eipomek
  • Northern: Kosarek Yale–Nipsan, Nalca
  • Western: Korupun-Sela (including Dagi, Sisibna, Deibula)

    • Pronouns are not well attested, but include:

    Mek, then called Goliath, was identified by M. Bromley in 1967. It was placed in TNG by Wurm (1975).

    References

    Mek languages Wikipedia
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