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Mende

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: sim

Population	5,700 (2003 SIL).
Region	Sandaun Province, Nuku District, Torricelli range hills sloping south toward Sepik River plains south. 15 villages east of Mehek.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 3, reference number 136
Alternate names	Seim
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 49%–nearest Kwanga [kwj] village.
Classification	Sepik, Nukuma
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude.
Language development	Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2005.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	‘Wamsak’ is a village name. Swidden agriculturalists: sago, root crops; cocoa, coffee, vanilla. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HOEL, Hanna Marie, author. 2003. Mende Organised Phonology Data.  

HOEL, Hanna Marie, author. 2006. "Do not give up!."  

HOEL, Hanna Marie, author. 2008. "When the Motivation and Timing are Right."  

HOEL, Hanna Marie; IKAHEIMONEN, Tarja; NOZAWA, Michiyo, authors. Available: 2007; Created: 1994-03. Mende grammar essentials.  

HOEL, Hanna Marie; IKAHEIMONEN, Tarja; NOZAWA, Michiyo, authors. Available: 2007; Created: 1997-07. Mende language phonology essentials.  

HOEL, Hanna Marie; IKAHEIMONEN, Tarja; NOZAWA, Michiyo, authors. Available: 2007; Created: 1997-12. Mende dialect survey.  

IKAHEIMONEN, Tarja, author. Available: 2007; Created: 1998-08. The function of the sentence final position in the Mende language.  

IKAHEIMONEN, Tarja, author. Available: 2007; Created: 1998-09. The pronominal system in the Mende language.  

IKAHEIMONEN, Tarja; NOZAWA, Michiyo, authors. Available: 2007; Created: 1998-09. Alterations and additions to Mende grammar essentials.  

NOZAWA, Michiyo, author. Available: 2006; Created: 2000. Participant identification in Mende.  

NOZAWA, Michiyo, compiler; APINGUA, Clement; APINQUA, David; LEVERMBU, Francis; WANEWAIN, Peter, editors. 2006. Mende triglot dictionary.  

Vernacular Publications

Avihi mashi. 2000.

Letan heye ritim u. 2006.