Native to Papua New Guinea Glottolog mume1239 | Region Morobe Province | |
Native speakers (7,100 Kumalu, Zenag, Gorakor cited 1979)
1,700 Patep (2003), 350 Dambi (2000) Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
North New Guinea ?
Ngero–Vitiaz ?
Huon Gulf
South Huon Gulf
Hote–Buang
Buang
Mumeng ISO 639-3 Variously:
dac – Dambi
ksl – Kumalu
ptp – Patep (Ptep, Dengalu)
zeg – Zenag (Zenang)
goc – Gorakor | ||
Mumeng is a dialect chain of the Austronesian family in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dambi–Kumalu and Patep–Zenag–Gorakor have a degree of mutual intelligibility. Kapin may belong as well.
References
Mumeng language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA