Taiap
East Parana; Guana; Chuala; Chana; Gapun
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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."
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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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"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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2010
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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.
2007
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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.
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"East Sepik Province, Gapun village."
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"East Sepik Province, Gapun village."
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1973
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Gapun village
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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."
1992
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"Tok Pisin and Taiap are used in constant interplay"
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th EditionLewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.http://www.ethnologue.com
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