Meramera

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
mxm
Alternate Names
Melamela, Ubili
Population

2,000 (1995 SIL). 5% monolingual.

Location

West New Britain Province, Bialla district, northwest coast.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, Willaumez
Dialects

Lolobao.

Typology

SVO

Language Use

Moderately vigorous. Some from neighboring groups use it. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Most also use Mengen [mee], Kol [kol], or English [eng].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Vernacular school discontinued 2003.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Meramera
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Christian.