Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Musak, Green Miao, Blue Miao, Red Miao, White Miao
CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Madang
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mmq
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~250
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Most speakers are adults. Children who grow up in the village instead of going to school sometimes become fluent speakers, but Tok Pisin is more common even in villages than Aisi, so this may change soon.

May		2014	Personal Communication					Don Daniels	Don Daniels. 2014. "Personal Communication."		~250		100-999	Most speakers are adults. Children who grow up in the village instead of going to school sometimes become fluent speakers, but Tok Pisin is more common even in villages than Aisi, so this may change soon.	Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12
			World Oral Literature Project				http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		355
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	360	1981	100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Papua New Guinea	Madang Province, Ramu River west of Astrolabe Bay.	-5.405093, 145.175755

Aisi