Angal language
Angal, or Mendi, is an Engan language complex of the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea.
| Angal | |
|---|---|
| Mendi | |
| Region | Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea |
| Ethnicity | Wola etc. |
Native speakers | (80,000 cited 1994–2000)[1] |
Engan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:age – Eastaoe – Angal Enen (South)akh – Angal Heneng (West, Kaninja) |
| Glottolog | anga1314[2] |
Mendi has a pandanus language used during karuka harvest.[3]
References
- East at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Angal Enen (South) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Angal Heneng (West, Kaninja) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Angal Mendi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 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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