MENDE: a language of Papua New Guinea

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: SIM

ISO 639-2: paa

Population 7,600 (1996 SIL). 
Region Sandaun Province, Nuku District, east of Mehek.
Alternate names   SEIM, TAU, KUBIWAT
Classification Sepik-Ramu, Sepik, Middle Sepik, Nukuma.
Comments Related to Yubanakor. 49% lexical similarity to nearest Kwanga village.

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