Endangered Languages Project - Manam

Manam

^{[aka Manum]}

Classification: Austronesian

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Manum
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North New Guinea
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mva
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Wanami
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “A Teaching Grammar of the Manam Language” . Turner, Blaine (1986) Summer Institute of Linguistics

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"spoken by about 6000 people"

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Madang Province: Manam Island, about 10 miles off the coast of Bogia.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,950
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Madang Province, Bogia district, Manam and Boesa islands, Sepa and Wanami on adjacent mainland."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,070
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Z'graggen 1971)

DATE OF INFO: 1969

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Boisa island and 15 villages on Manam island (Abaria, Baliau, Borda, Budua, Bukure, Dangale, Dugulaba No. 1, Dugulaba No. 2, Iassa, Jogari, Kolang, Kuluguma, Madauri, Waia, and Waris)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,070
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1969

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Madang: "Spoken on all of Manam Island."

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International