Meramera
A language of Papua New Guinea
| Population | 2,000 (1995 SIL). 5% monolingual. |
| Region | West New Britain Province, Bialla District, northwest coast. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 12, reference number 572 |
| Alternate names | Melamela, Ubili |
| Dialects | Lolobao. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, Willaumez |
| Language use | Moderately vigorous. Some neighboring-language speakers use it. All domains. All ages. Not proud of their language, but say it speaks to their hearts. Most also use Mengen [mee], Kol [kol], or English. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 0%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Vernacular school discontinued. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SVO. Swidden agriculturalists; cocoa; fishermen; copra production; oil palm. Christian. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Anonymous. 2011. Melamela Organised Phonology Data.
JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1980. "The languages and communities of the Kimbe Bay region."
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