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Lembena

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: leq

Population	1,760 (2000 census), increasing. 750 monolinguals.
Region	Enga Province, northeast corner, into East Sepik Province. 8 villages: Eleme, Yambaitoko, Saut Isataele, Mosope, Itopeno, Pipitesa, Madawesa (Olimolo), and Mokosele.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 6, reference number 288
Alternate names	Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, Wapi Pii
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Engan, Enga
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. Some oral and written use in church, oral use in local commerce. All ages. Positive attitude. Some also use Enga [enq], Tok Pisin [tpi], or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. 2% can write it. No vernacular schools in area.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists: coffee, peanuts. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. n.d.. Lembena Organised Phonology Data.  

BROWNIE, John, editor. 2000. Sociolinguistic and literacy studies: highlands and islands.

HEINEMAN, Paul, author. 2000. "Lembena."  

HEINEMAN, Paul, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1998. A grammar of Lembena.