Endangered Languages Project - Pasi

Pasi

^{[aka Besi, Warasai, Yau]}

Classification: Sepik

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Besi, Warasai, Yau
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Tama
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		psq
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of Heyo, Pahi, and Mayo-Pasi” (109-140) . Hutchinson, Ian

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<154
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
154
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The population of Yimi village (153) plus one (1) absentee speaker.

DATE OF INFO: 1978

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Wan Wan Census Division, Nuku District, West Sepik Province

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
360
Native speakers worldwide

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, southeast corner, Wan Wan division. 3 villages."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
161
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Yimin village.

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