Sirva [aka Sileibi,] Classification: Trans-New Guinea · endangered Description Resources Activity Revitalization Bibliography Suggest a Change Subscribe
Language metadata ALSO KNOWN AS Sileibi CLASSIFICATION Trans-New Guinea, Madang CODE AUTHORITY ISO 639-3 LANGUAGE CODE sbq DOWNLOAD As csv MORE RESOURCES OLAC search Language information by source Compare Sources (3) Information from: “Personal Communication” . Don Daniels (2014) Information from: “Personal Communication” . Don Daniels (2014) Endangered 60 percent certain, based on the evidence available ~200 Native speakers worldwide MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS Most speakers are adults over 30. I suspect few children are growing up as competent speakers, but I am not sure. TRANSMISSION Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014) PLACES Papua New Guinea Information from: “World Oral Literature Project” . 259 Native speakers worldwide Discussion Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus