Pouye
[aka Bouye, Buiye]Classification: Sepik
·threatened
Classification: Sepik
·threatened
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Information from: “Pouye” (82-131) . Ferree, Steve (2000) , Brownie, John · ummer Institute of Linguistics
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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).
"Overall, the vernacular is used much more than Tok Pisin is."
Tok Pisin [tpi]
"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. "
Lumi District, Sandaun Province: 7 villages: Maurom, Yukilau, Wokien, Kiliauto, Motilau, Pulwa (Makol/Yotale), and Tɨmkailau
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
Tok Pisin [tpi]
"Sandaun Province, Lumi, East and West Wapei districts. 7 villages: Yukilau, Komtin, Wulme, Wokien, Kiliauto, Maurom, Bulawa."
Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)
Information from: “Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification” . Laycock, Donald C. (1973) , Wurm, Stephen A. · Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics
4 villages: Giliato, Maurom, Wokien, and Yukilo.