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ALSO KNOWN AS		Valman, Koroko
CLASSIFICATION		Torricelli, Wapei
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		van
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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

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,740
Native speakers worldwide
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(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"Home. Mostly speakers over the age of 60, though a few women between 40 and 60 are fairly fluent. Most adults over the age of 30 understand the language; most children under the age of 20 do not (2014 M. Dryer)."

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, east of Aitape."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 4 villages: Chinapelli, Lemieng, Pro, and Vokau.

			2014	Glottolog 2.3				Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology	http://glottolog.org	Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian	Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian. 2014. Glottolog 2.3. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at http://glottolog.org)												-3.25, 142.50
	18th		2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition	Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas		http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, 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.	1,740	2003	1000-9999	(SIL)	Severely Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	"Home. Mostly speakers over the age of 60, though a few women between 40 and 60 are fairly fluent. Most adults over the age of 30 understand the language; most children under the age of 20 do not (2014 M. Dryer)."	14	14	Papua New Guinea	"Sandaun Province, east of Aitape."
Pacific Linguistics		B 25	1973	Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification	Wurm, Stephen A.	Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics	Canberra			Laycock, Donald C.		700	1970	100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Papua New Guinea	4 villages: Chinapelli, Lemieng, Pro, and Vokau.

Walman

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Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,740

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700

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