Menya

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
mcr
Alternate Names
Menyama, Menye
User Population

25,000 (Whitehead 2004).

Location

Gulf province: Karema district, Naniwe area; Morobe province: Menyamya district, north Tauri river area and tributaries.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Angan, Nuclear Angan
Dialects

Tnäuyqä, Tepatiqä, Northeast Menya (Juaqänjqä).

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Mixed use: home, church. Some young people, all adults. Many also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Whitehead 2004). Used as L2 by Kamasa [klp].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Menya
Writing

Latin script [Latn].