Endangered Languages Project - Ambulas

Ambulas

^{[aka Abelam, Abulas, Ambelas]}

Classification: Sepik

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Abelam, Abulas, Ambelas, Hanga Hundi, Kwasengen, West Wosera
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Ndu
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		abt, wos
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Wosera West Wosera Maprik
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue (18th edition) lists separate entries for "Ambulas" [abt] and "Hanga Hundi" [wos], the latter of which is considered a dialect (called "West Wosera") by Laycock (1973).

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Information from: “Ambulas grammar” . Wilson, Patricia R. (1980)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
33,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"approximately 33,000 speakers"

DATE OF INFO: 1977

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "...located mainly in the Maprik District of the East Sepik Province, in the foothills of the Prince Alexander Mountains and extending south towards the Sepik Plains""

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
39,290
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: more than 150 villages

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
51,200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Ambulas" has 44,000 speakers (27,000 in Wosera, 9,000 in Maprik, and 8,000 in Wingei) (1991 SIL); "Hanga Hundi has 7,200 speakers (2000 census).

DATE OF INFO: 1991, 2000

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province: "Ambulas" is spoken in Maprik district; "Hanga Hundi" is spoken in Pagwi district.

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