ISO 639-3 · mekmek
Austronesian family
Mekeo
Mekeo is a language of the Papuan Tip branch (Austronesian), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata counts about 19,000 speakers (2003). Wikidata describes it as “language spoken in Papua New Guinea”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mek- Glottocode
meke1243- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
8levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mekeo |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mekeo language |
| All speakers | 19,000 (2003) |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Mekeo
The branches above Mekeo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Papua New Guinea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting