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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Simeku

Simeku

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3smz

Population  3,000 (2007 SIL). 2,000 Koopei and 1,000 Mainoki.
Region  Bougainville Province, Crown Prince Range west of Arawa, Mainoki on west slope and Koopei east.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 13, reference number 625
Dialects  Mainoki (Mainoke), Koopei (Kopei, Korpei). Not functionally intelligible with Naasioi [nas].
Classification  South Bougainville, Nasioi
Comments  People culturally conservative.