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Yapunda; Reiwo; Hiro; Giro;
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"Certainly no more than 100 [speakers]. Probably closer to 60 or so. Fluent speakers are mostly over the age of 40. As a general rule, females in their 20s and 30s speak a simplified variety of the language. Males in their 30s or so can speak a simplified variety of the language. Most males younger than 30 though have only a passive knowledge of the language. They can’t produce the language, or show obvious difficulty forming sentences in the language. Children only speak Tok Pisin."
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"When older Yeri speakers converse with speakers of nearby languages, the choice of language is complex. When they converse with younger speakers, the default choice appears to be Tok Pisin. Younger speakers in the area (Yeri or other languages) have less competence in the minority languages of the area. When older Yeri speakers converse with older speakers from other villages, they may use Yeri, Tok Pisin, or the other speaker’s language depending on the competence of both speakers. For example, it’s common for older Yeri speakers to also speak the language of their mother if their mother came from another village, and Tok Pisin. The conversation may consist of both speakers using Yeri, both speakers using Tok Pisin, or both speakers using the other language. It’s also common for the Yeri speaker to speak Yeri and the other speaker to speak their own language. The choice of language appears to be determined by the language competencies of both speakers and a mixture of other sociolinguistic factors. In general it’s easier to point out the domains in which Tok Pisin is predominantly used. Tok Pisin is used in church and in public forums (e.g. weekly discussions about village plans and such in an informal plaza)."

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Sandaun Province. Spoken in the eastern part of Sandaun Province, about 40km south-southeast of Aitape, on the upper Om River.
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Sandaun Province. Spoken in the eastern part of Sandaun Province, about 40km south-southeast of Aitape, on the upper Om River.
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"Eastern Sandaun Province, south-southeast of Aitape, on upper Om river."
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"Eastern Sandaun Province, south-southeast of Aitape, on upper Om river."
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- 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 University2012. "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."
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th EditionLewis, 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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