Endangered Languages Project - Kwaruwi Kwundi

Kwaruwi Kwundi

^{[aka Sos Kundi, Agbane, Agbanekundi]}

Classification: Sepik

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Sos Kundi, Agbane, Agbanekundi, Akbana, Soskundi, Keak, Kwaruwikwundi, Sepik Plains, Tshuosh, Tshwosh, Sawos
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Ndu
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sdk, keh
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Kwaruwi Kwundi is included within Laycock's (1973) "Sawos language", which he admits may consist of multiple languages, noting that "no real dialect surveys have been undertaken". The classifications here follow the survey work of Staalsen (1975). Ethnologue (18th edition) further splits the language into "Sos Kundi" and "Keak" (cf. Richardson and Tupper 2013), but a more conservative classification is followed here.

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Information from: “Drawing language boundaries and assigning names: the cases of Sos Kundi and Ambakich” . Richardson, Dan and Ian Tupper (2013)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~3,300
Native speakers worldwide
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(Note that this figure does not include speakers of "Keak", which is considered a separate language by Richardson and Tupper, but whose speaker numbers are unknown.)

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province: the villages of Makambu, Pangeimbit, Kamatogu, Weiman, Belmo, Mangem, Sotange, Timbunangua, Simbangu, Chuinumbu, Kwaliangua, Kingaui, Simange, Nindikum, Mangijangut, Timboli, Chikinumbu, Marimbo, and Suimbo.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Residents of Nangutimbit village are bilingual in Sos Kundi and Keak but identify more with the Keak language group ..."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~1,600
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1972

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province, Sawos region: the villages of Makambu, Pangeimbit, Balmo, Wairaman, Sotangei or Sota, Kwaliangwa, Timbunangua, Chuinimbu, Mangaui, Yindigum, Manganjangut, Tinboli, Jiginimbut, Malimbo and Suimbo.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,850
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker numbers for "Sos Kundi" are given as 2,850 (2000 census); no speaker numbers are given for "Keak".

DATE OF INFO: 2000

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province. The location of "Sos Kundi: is given as: "Angoram, Yangoru Saussia, and Wosera Gawi district villages. Center is Kwaliangua village." The specific location of "Keak" is not given.

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