The Mek languages are a well established family of Papuan languages. 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): Ketengban (incl. Okbap, Omban, Bime, Onya), Una (Goliath), Eipomek Kosarek Yale, Nipsan, Nalca Korupun-Sela (incl. Dagi, Sisibna, Deibula) Mek, then called Goliath, was identified by M. Bromley in 1967. It was placed in TNG by Wurm (1975).

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  • The Mek languages are a well established family of Papuan languages. 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): Ketengban (incl. Okbap, Omban, Bime, Onya), Una (Goliath), Eipomek Kosarek Yale, Nipsan, Nalca Korupun-Sela (incl. Dagi, Sisibna, Deibula) Mek, then called Goliath, was identified by M. Bromley in 1967. It was placed in TNG by Wurm (1975).
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  • Goliath
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  • Papuan
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  • Mek
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  • The Mek languages are a well established family of Papuan languages. 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): Ketengban (incl. Okbap, Omban, Bime, Onya), Una (Goliath), Eipomek Kosarek Yale, Nipsan, Nalca Korupun-Sela (incl. Dagi, Sisibna, Deibula) Mek, then called Goliath, was identified by M. Bromley in 1967. It was placed in TNG by Wurm (1975).
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  • Mek languages
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