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70

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Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

70

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

"about 70 people"

Year of info

1988

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Most Papi-speakers "live at the village of Papi (Paupe). This village has shifted to a new location still on the Frieda River, two miles downstream from the Frieda River airstrip. A few Papi speakers also live in the small hamlet of Wasimai on the Leonhard Schultze River."

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Other writing systems

Most Papi-speakers "live at the village of Papi (Paupe). This village has shifted to a new location still on the Frieda River, two miles downstream from the Frieda River airstrip. A few Papi speakers also live in the small hamlet of Wasimai on the Leonhard Schultze River."

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

75

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-4.5, 142

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

75

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

Coordinates

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Location description

Sandaun Province. Spoken south of the Upper Sepik, in one village on the lower Frieda River, a southern tributary of the Upper Sepik, southeast of the May River settlement.

Government support

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Standard orthography

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Sandaun Province. Spoken south of the Upper Sepik, in one village on the lower Frieda River, a southern tributary of the Upper Sepik, southeast of the May River settlement.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Tok Pisin

Domains of other languages

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

70

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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(Wurm 2000)

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

Coordinates

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Location description

"Sandaun and East Sepik provinces, Frieda river, 1 village."

Government support

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

"Sandaun and East Sepik provinces, Frieda river, 1 village."

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Tok Pisin [tpi]

Domains of other languages

No data

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

70

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2017

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

Coordinates

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Location description

Frieda River, Sandaun Province

Government support

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Frieda River, Sandaun Province

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

75

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

1973

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

Coordinates

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Location description

Paupe village

Government support

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Paupe village

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

70

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

70

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Older adult speakers

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