Mengen

MEE

developing

Alternate Names: Poeng

Dialects: Bush Mengen (Inland Mengen, Longueinga), North Coast Mengen (Maeng, Maenge, Orford), South Coast Mengen (Poeng). Some linguists separate Poeng (South Coast Mengen and Bush Mengen) and Maeng (North Coast Mengen) into 2 languages.

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Western Oceanic

North New Guinea

Ngero-Vitiaz

Vitiaz

Mengen

Demographics: 8,400 (1982 SIL).

Language Use: Used as L2 by Meramera [mxm].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2003.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea