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Mian

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: mpt

Population	1,400 (2000 census).
Region	Sandaun Province, Telefomin District, north Fak (Hak) and Aki River valleys, August River headwaters and upper May River, Nenebil, Suganga, Blimo, and Wagarabai.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 5, reference number 203
Alternate names	Mianmin
Dialects	Upper August River, Usage, Mianmin. Lexical similarity: 75%–83% among dialects.
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Ok-Awyu, Ok, Mountain
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1986.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	‘Mianmin’ is the people name.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CAHILL, Michael, author. 2011. "Tonal Diversity in Languages of Papua New Guinea."  

CLIFTON, John M., author. 1988. Nonsyllabic vocoids.

LOVING, Richard, editor. 1974. Studies in languages of the Ok family.

SMITH, Jean, author. 1977. Mianmin sentence structure.  

SMITH, Jean; WESTON, Pamela, authors. 1974. Mianmin phonemes and tonemes.  

SMITH, Jean; WESTON, Pamela, authors. 1974. Notes on Mianmin grammar.  

SMITH, Jean; WESTON, Pamela, compilers. 2009. Mianmin - English English - Mianmin Tok Pidgin - Mianmin dictionary.  

WESTON, Pamela, author. 1977. Mianmin interrogatives.  

WESTON, Pamela, author. 1987. "Reading is fun!."

WESTON, Pamela, author. 1992. Mianmin Organised Phonology Data.  

Vernacular Publications

Babua Niu Gunio nakai a unangai mak ita be. 1975.

Dabal kimanin kukubobe. 1980.

Kakaluki kimanin kukubobe. 1980.

Kimino daabenamin bukobe. 1980.

Kimomo. 1979.