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Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification
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Native Speakers Worldwide

432

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Year of info

1973

Location and Context

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Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Puindu, Rainuk, and Sarai villages

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Puindu, Rainuk, and Sarai villages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

432

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Year of info

2010

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-3.0033,141.9158

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

432

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The November 1998 tsunami annihilated most of the Sera-speaking population. Only a small number of speakers are left.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Sandaun Province. Spoken in one village on the northwestern coast of Papua New Guinea, to the west of the area originally occupied by the Sissano language.

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Sandaun Province. Spoken in one village on the northwestern coast of Papua New Guinea, to the west of the area originally occupied by the Sissano language.

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census

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2015

Location and Context

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Papua New Guinea

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"Sandaun Province, Sera area. 1 village."

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Latin

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"Sandaun Province, Sera area. 1 village."

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