Mian language

Mian
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun province,
Telefomin district
EthnicityMianmin
Native speakers
from 1,400 (2000 census)[1]
to 3,500 (2007)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mpt – inclusive code
Individual code:
sug – Suganga
Glottologmian1255
ELPMian
 Suganga[3]
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Mian is an Ok language spoken in the Telefomin district of the Sandaun province in Papua New Guinea by the Mian people. It has some 3,500 speakers spread across two dialects: West Mian (a.k.a. Suganga), with approximately 1,000 speakers in around Yapsiei, and East Mian, with approximately 2,500 speakers in and around Timeilmin, Temsakmin, Sokamin, Gubil, Fiak and Hotmin.[2]

  1. ^ Mian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Suganga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Fedden, Olcher Sebastian (2007). A Grammar of Mian, a Papuan Language of New Guinea (PhD thesis). University of Melbourne. hdl:11343/39327.
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Suganga.