Iatmul
[alias Big Sepik, No. 2 Sepik, Middle Sepik]Klassifizierung: Sepik
·bedroht
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Bedroht
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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46,000
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6,000 speakers in 9 villages in the Western (Nyaula) area; 5,000 speakers in 7 villages in the Central (Pali'bei) area; 5,000 speakers in 7 villages in the Eastern (Waliakwi) area; 7,000 speakers in ~10 villages in the Northern (Maligwat) area; 23,000 diaspora speakers.
- DATUM DER INFORMATION
- 2008
- NUTZUNGSBEREICHE
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- ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
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- VERBREITUNG
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- MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT
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"It is the native language of almost all adults, but relegated to second-language status among children, who could be labelled semi-speakers."
- SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG
- "[T]he traditionally high status of Iatmul culture could explain why there has been a recent reversal among adult Iatmul, who, at least in their rhetoric, are opposed to language shift, and criticize children speaking Tok Pisin."
- ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
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Tok Pisin [tpi]
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English [eng]
- KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT
"Today, Tok Pisin is the language best known in the Iatmul villages, as all generations are fluent in it and it is the first language of children."
- ORTE
- Papua New Guinea
- ORTSBESCHREIBUNG
East Sepik Province: "along and close to a stretch of the Sepik River about 80 kilometres south-west of Wewak"