Endangered Languages Project - Wom

Wom

^{[aka Wam]}

Classification: Torricelli

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Wam
CLASSIFICATION		Torricelli, Kombian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wmo
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Eastern Wom Western Wom
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of Wom” (43-62) . Moeckel, Barry and Bonnie Moeckel (1981) , Loving, Richard · Summer Institute of Linguistics

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Franklin 1975: 14)

DATE OF INFO: 1975

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Positive
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The Wom language group is located about 22 kilometres (13 miles) WNW of Maprik in the Dreikikir Sub-District of the Maprik District of the East Sepik Province."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,260
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Maprik district, east of Wara Sikau; Dreikikir district, west of Maprik, 12 villages. Torricelli mountain foothills."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,885
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 9 villages: Arisili, Bana, Bengil, Hambini, Luwaite, Selnau, Selni, Tumamba, and Waringambi.

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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)