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ALSO KNOWN AS		Abu’ Arapesh, Ua
CLASSIFICATION		Torricelli, Arapeshan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		aah
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Matapau
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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,560
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

TRANSMISSION

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"In the northern villages, Abu’ is being replaced in most domains of language use by Tok Pisin [tpi]. Tok Pisin is the predominant language for 40% of the youth."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"Positive attitudes."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin [tpi]

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Aitape district, East Aitape Rural LLG, wards 23, 24, 25; East Sepik Province, Maprik district, Mablep Rural LLG, ward 8."

					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)
			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.						2,560	2000	1000-9999	(SIL)					Tok Pisin [tpi]			"Positive attitudes."				Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11		"In the northern villages, Abu’ is being replaced in most domains of language use by Tok Pisin [tpi]. Tok Pisin is the predominant language for 40% of the youth."					Papua New Guinea	"Sandaun Province, Aitape district, East Aitape Rural LLG, wards 23, 24, 25; East Sepik Province, Maprik district, Mablep Rural LLG, ward 8."	-3.4, 142.8

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