Angal language

Angal, or Mendi, is an Engan language complex of the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea.

Angal
Mendi
RegionSouthern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
EthnicityWola etc.
Native speakers
(80,000 cited 1994–2000)[1]
Engan
  • South
    • Angal
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
age – East
aoe – Angal Enen (South)
akh – Angal Heneng (West, Kaninja)
Glottologanga1314

Mendi has a pandanus language used during karuka harvest.[2]

References
  1. East at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Angal Enen (South) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Angal Heneng (West, Kaninja) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Franklin, Karl J. (September 1972). "A Ritual Pandanus Language of New Guinea". Oceania. 43 (1): 66–76. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1972.tb01197.x. OCLC 883021898.


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