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ALSO KNOWN AS		Bouye, Buiye
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Ram
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bye
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Maurom
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Information from: “Pouye” (82-131) . Ferree, Steve (2000) , Brownie, John · ummer Institute of Linguistics

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<817
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
817
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The population figures are from a person census taken of the seven Pouye-speaking villages (800 people, 1991) and those living outside the village (17 people, 1993).

DATE OF INFO: 1991, 1993

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

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"Overall, the vernacular is used much more than Tok Pisin is."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"The general attitude of the people toward their language is very positive. However, they also want their children to know Tok Pisin to be able to communicate with people from other languages and to get employment in towns."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin [tpi]

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The monolingual speakers are mostly children under age five and women of varied ages. We know of no male over the age of five who is not at least partially bilingual in Tok Pisin. "

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Lumi District, Sandaun Province: 7 villages: Maurom, Yukilau, Wokien, Kiliauto, Motilau, Pulwa (Makol/Yotale), and Tɨmkailau

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
520
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 4 villages: Giliato, Maurom, Wokien, and Yukilo.

Endangered

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

DATE OF INFO: 2003

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Lumi, East and West Wapei districts. 7 villages: Yukilau, Komtin, Wulme, Wokien, Kiliauto, Maurom, Bulawa."

			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)																-3.73, 141.86
	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.		960	2003	100-999	(SIL)		Tok Pisin [tpi]			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea	"Sandaun Province, Lumi, East and West Wapei districts. 7 villages: Yukilau, Komtin, Wulme, Wokien, Kiliauto, Maurom, Bulawa."
Data papers on Papua New Guinea languages		46	2000	Pouye	Literacy studies: South-West, Sepik and Morobe	82-131	Brownie, John	ummer Institute of Linguistics	Ukarumpa		http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=41240	Ferree, Steve		817	<817	1991, 1993	100-999	The population figures are from a person census taken of the seven Pouye-speaking villages (800 people, 1991) and those living outside the village (17 people, 1993).	church	Tok Pisin [tpi]	"The general attitude of the people toward their language is very positive. However, they also want their children to know Tok Pisin to be able to communicate with people from other languages and to get employment in towns."	"The monolingual speakers are mostly children under age five and women of varied ages. We know of no male over the age of five who is not at least partially bilingual in Tok Pisin. "	Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"Overall, the vernacular is used much more than Tok Pisin is."	12	Papua New Guinea	Lumi District, Sandaun Province: 7 villages: Maurom, Yukilau, Wokien, Kiliauto, Motilau, Pulwa (Makol/Yotale), and Tɨmkailau
Pacific Linguistics		B 25	1973	Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification			Wurm, Stephen A.	Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics	Canberra			Laycock, Donald C.			520	1970	100-999						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea	4 villages: Giliato, Maurom, Wokien, and Yukilo.

Pouye

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Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<817

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

520

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

960

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Pouye

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Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<817

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

520

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

960

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