Mumeng language

Mumeng
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Native speakers	(7,100 Kumalu, Zenag, Gorakor cited 1979)[1]; 1,700 Patep (2003), 350 Dambi (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea ? Ngero–Vitiaz ? Huon Gulf South Huon Gulf Hote–Buang Buang Mumeng; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; dac – Dambi; ksl – Kumalu; ptp – Patep (Ptep, Dengalu); zeg – Zenag (Zenang); goc – Gorakor
Glottolog	mume1239

Mumeng is a dialect chain of the Austronesian family in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dambi–Kumalu and Patep–Zenag–Gorakor have a degree of mutual intelligibility. Kapin may belong as well.

References

Dambi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kumalu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Patep (Ptep, Dengalu) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Zenag (Zenang) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Gorakor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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