Endangered Languages Project - Yelogu

Yelogu

^{[aka Yalaku, Buiamanambu, Kaunga]}

Classification: Sepik

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Yalaku, Buiamanambu, Kaunga, Buiamanambu, Bwiamanambu
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Ndu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ylg
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		A language referred to as "Buiamanambu" is listed in Laycock's (1973) survey of Sepik languages; there was no data available, but later references suggest that the village in question speaks Yelogu, and so its speaker numbers are reflected in the data below.

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Information from: “Differential case in Yalaku” (240-269) . Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (2015)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~700
Native speakers worldwide
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"about 300 people in the village of Yalaku (or Yalakuhambura)" and "a couple of hundred in each of Kumajuwi and Hambukaini"

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province, Ambunti district: Yalaku (Yalakuhambura), Kumajuwi, and Hambukaini villages.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
170
Native speakers worldwide
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This number reflects the combination of two entries in Laycock (1973): Buiamanambu (Bwiamanambu) has 100 speakers; Yelogu has 70 speakers.

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Yelogu village. (Note: "Buiamanambu", which is likely not distinct from Yelogu is said to be spoken in Biamanambu and (perhaps) Yamanumbu (Kayukw) villages.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
160
Native speakers worldwide
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(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. 1 village."

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