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Native Speakers Worldwide

250

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The Yimas Language of Papua New Guinea
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

250

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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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

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More about speakers

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Year of info

1991

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

Coordinates

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Location description

Sepik river basin area: "two villages along the lower reaches of the Arafundi river, a tributary of the Karawari river, which in turn is a tributary of the main Sepik river"

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Sepik river basin area: "two villages along the lower reaches of the Arafundi river, a tributary of the Karawari river, which in turn is a tributary of the main Sepik river"

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Tok Pisin

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

Tok Pisin is the "prestige language".

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

300

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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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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More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

-4.6038, 143.6077

Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~300

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

In 1981, 350 speakers were reported. Now there are about 300.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

Coordinates

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Location description

East Sepik Province. Spoken in the southeastern part of the East Sepik Province on the lower Arafundi River, a southern tributary of the middle Karawari River, itself a southern tributary of the middle Sepik River.

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

East Sepik Province. Spoken in the southeastern part of the East Sepik Province on the lower Arafundi River, a southern tributary of the middle Karawari River, itself a southern tributary of the middle Sepik River.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

300

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

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

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More about speakers

(Wurm 2000)

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

Coordinates

No data

Location description

"East Sepik Province, near Chambri, Arafundi and middle Karawari rivers."

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

"East Sepik Province, near Chambri, Arafundi and middle Karawari rivers."

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Tok Pisin [tpi]

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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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

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

1973

Location and Context

Countries

Papua New Guinea

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Yimas village

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Yimas village

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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More on context

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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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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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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More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

-4.66666666667, 143.55

Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

300

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Location description

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Government support

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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