Abau
[aka Green River, Djarok]Classification: Sepik
·threatened
- DOMAINS OF USE
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- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- SPEAKER ATTITUDE
- For children: "There is a strong appreciation of their own language and culture, but on the other hand there is no real shame involved in admitting to have poor mother tongue language skills."
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Tok Pisin [tpi]
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English [eng]
- PLACES
- Papua New Guinea
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Sandaun Province: "The language area consists of the villages to the immediate east and west of the Green River Station, as well as the villages along the Sepik River and its tributaries, starting at the border with Indonesian Papua (the Indonesian province of Papua, formerly Irian Jaya) all the way down to the border with the East Sepik."