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<20

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Australasia and the Pacific
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<20

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In 1981, fifty speakers were reported, but now there only are twenty or less.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Extreme southeastern corner of the East Sepik Province. Spoken on the lower Ramu River, southeast of Komtina.

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Extreme southeastern corner of the East Sepik Province. Spoken on the lower Ramu River, southeast of Komtina.

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Other languages used

Banaro

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

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Year of info

1971

Location and Context

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Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Madang: "Part of Bangapella" village.

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Madang: "Part of Bangapella" village.

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

15

Domains of Use

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(Wurm 2000)

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

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Location description

"East Sepik Province, Angoram district, Ramu river, Bangapela village; Madang Province, Bogia district, Iabu RLLG."

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"East Sepik Province, Angoram district, Ramu river, Bangapela village; Madang Province, Bogia district, Iabu RLLG."

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Other languages used

Banaro [byz]

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Coordinates

-4.53, 144.59

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

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(Z'graggen 1971)

Year of info

1973

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Bangapella village

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Bangapella village

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

15

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  1. 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
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    http://www.oralliterature.org
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    http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/
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    Lewis, 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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