Endangered Languages Project - Yahang

Yahang

^{[aka Rurihi'ip, Ruruhip, Ruruhi’ip]}

Classification: Torricelli

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Rurihi'ip, Ruruhip, Ruruhi’ip, Ya’unk
CLASSIFICATION		Torricelli, Maimai
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		rhp
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of Beli, Yahang and Laeko-Libuat” (141-161) . Cooper, Gregory (1981) , Loving, Richard · Summer Institute of Linguistics

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
< 1,182?
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,182
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Population of eight villages Yahang-speaking villages: 1,116 + 66 absentees.

DATE OF INFO: 1978

DOMAINS OF USE
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1001
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 6 villages: Engiep, Imbiyip, Kalem, Maimai, Teremes, an Wombiu.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,430
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"1,120 in area, 66 outside." (SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

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