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Native Speakers Worldwide

145

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Australasia and the Pacific
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

145

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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In 1979, 188 were reported in a census, but recent information mentions 145.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Sandaun Province, Telefomin District. Spoken in a few hamlets on the Kenu (Hok) River, a tributary of the Om River, in the Central Range area, not very far from the Irian Jaya border.

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Sandaun Province, Telefomin District. Spoken in a few hamlets on the Kenu (Hok) River, a tributary of the Om River, in the Central Range area, not very far from the Irian Jaya border.

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Other languages used

Telefol

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Native Speakers Worldwide

145

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-5.0526,141.9818

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

140

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(2000 S. Wurm)

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

Coordinates

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Location description

Sandaun Province, Telefomin District, hamlets on Kenu River, an Om River tributary.

Government support

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Sandaun Province, Telefomin District, hamlets on Kenu River, an Om River tributary.

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

180

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Year of info

2017

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

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Location description

Sandaun Province

Government support

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Sandaun Province

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

141

Domains of Use

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Year of info

1988

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

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Location description

"two villages, Siliam and Siliambil, near the Duranmin airstrip"

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"two villages, Siliam and Siliambil, near the Duranmin airstrip"

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Native Speakers Worldwide

100?

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Year of info

1975

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~180

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2010

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