Endangered Languages Project - Kamasau

Kamasau

^{[aka Komasau, Komassau, Sagi]}

Classification: Torricelli

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Komasau, Komassau, Sagi, Wand Tuan
CLASSIFICATION		Torricelli, Marienberg Hills
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kms
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Ghini Hagi Segi
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Kamasau (Wand Tuan) Grammar: Morpheme to Sentence” . Sanders, Arden G. and Joy Sanders (1994)

Endangered

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

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "At least 90% of the population are bilingual in Wand Tuan and Tok Pisin, and about 40-50% speak and understand English to some extent."

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province: "between Wewak and Angoram along the Angoram highway" in six villages: Wandomi, Yibab, Tring, Wau, Kamasau, and Kenyari.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
960
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Wewak district. Segi dialect: Kamasau, Tring, and Wau villages; Hagi dialect: Kenyari; Ghini: Yibab, Wandomi, and Wobu."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
787
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 7 villages: Hereng, Kamasau, Kenyari, Tring, Wandomi, Wau, and Yibab.

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