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Saliba

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Austronesian; Malayo-Polynesian; Oceanic; Papuan Tip

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sbe

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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS)
The World Atlas of Language Structures
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2,500

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Data for the number of native speakers comes from Oetzel (2007).

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2009

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Most Saliba and Logea people are living a traditional life style centred around fishing and subsistence farming.

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Milne Bay Province

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English

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English is a bigger threat than Tok Pisin.

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2005

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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
    2012. "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."
  2. Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS)
    Bedrohter Sprachen, Dokumentation. Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS). http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/ (October, 2011)
    http://lux09.mpi.nl:8186/DOBES/
  3. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  4. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  5. Saliba
    Mosel, Ulrike. 1994. "Saliba." 31: München: Lincom.
  6. Valence and Transitivity in Saliba, an Oceanic Language of Papua New Guinea
    Margetts, Anna. 1999. "Valence and Transitivity in Saliba, An Oceanic Language of Papua New Guinea." 12: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.
  7. Saliba
    Mosel, Ulrike. 1994. "Saliba." Lincom Europa.
  8. Negation in Saliba (Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province)
    Margetts, Anna. 1999. "Negation in Saliba (Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province)." In Negation in Oceanic languages - typological studies, edited by U. Mosel and E. Hovdhaugen. 20-44. Lincom Europa.
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