Mek languages

The Mek languages are a well established family of Papuan languages spoken by the Mek peoples. They form a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and of Malcolm Ross (2005).

The Mek languages form three dialect chains (Heeschen 1998):

  • Eastern: Ketengban (including Okbap, Omban, Bime, Onya), Una (Goliath), Eipomek
  • Northern: Kosarek Yale–Nipsan, Nalca
  • Western: Korupun-Sela (including Dagi, Sisibna, Deibula)

    • Pronouns are not well attested, but include:

    Mek, then called Goliath, was identified by M. Bromley in 1967. It was placed in TNG by Wurm (1975).

    References

  • ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mek". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  • Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide, Jack Golson, eds. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782. 
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