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Native Speakers Worldwide

75

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Language isolates in the New Guinea region
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

75

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"The detailed sociolinguistic fieldwork by Kulick and Stroud (1990) counted exactly 89 fluent Taiap speakers, all multilingual to various degrees, but already by then no child under 10 had an active command of Taiap."

Year of info

2017

Location and Context

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Location description

"Village of Gapun, located on the north coast of Papua New Guinea (some 10 miles inland) near the border of East Sepik and Madang provinces."

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"Village of Gapun, located on the north coast of Papua New Guinea (some 10 miles inland) near the border of East Sepik and Madang provinces."

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

89

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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-4.1, 144.5

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

74

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More about speakers

In 1987, 89 speakers were reported. No speakers under 10–12 years old then. More recent estimates mention seventy-four, mostly middle-aged or older.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Northeastern corner of the East Sepik Province. Spoken inland, south of the Sepik River mouth.

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Northeastern corner of the East Sepik Province. Spoken inland, south of the Sepik River mouth.

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Heavy pressure from surrounding languages such as Abu (Adjora) and Tok Pisin.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

75

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(Wurm 2007)

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

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Papua New Guinea

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Location description

"East Sepik Province, Gapun village."

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"East Sepik Province, Gapun village."

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

74

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Year of info

1973

Location and Context

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Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Gapun village

Government support

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Gapun village

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

65

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

97

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38 married or previously married adults + 13 unmarried teenagers + 46 children under 13 = 97 villagers. "[N]one of the 32 village children aged 1-8 actively uses the village vernacular in verbal interactions."

Year of info

1992

Location and Context

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Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Gapun village

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Gapun village

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Tok Pisin

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"Tok Pisin and Taiap are used in constant interplay"

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-4.08333333333, 144.5

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