Meramera language
Austronesian language
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Meramera (Melamela) is an Austronesian language of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
| Meramera | |
|---|---|
| Melamela | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (2,000 cited 1995)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mxm |
| Glottolog | mera1242 |
Name
The name Meramera comes from the closely related Nakanai language in the Bileki dialect. In Meramera, the language is referred to as Melamela, literally meaning 'talk'.[2]
References
- ^ Meramera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Goodenough, Ward H. (1997). Proto-Kimbe: A New Analysis. Oceanic Linguistics. 36 (2): p. 274.