Projet Langues en danger - Niksek

Niksek

^{[également appelé Meiyari, Sumwari, Setiali]}

Classification : Sepik

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en danger

ÉGALEMENT APPELÉ		Meiyari, Sumwari, Setiali, Paka, Gabiano
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Sepik Hill, Western Sepik Hill
CODE DE RÉFÉRENCECODE DE LANGUE		ISO 639-3
CODE DE LANGUE		gbe
VARIANTES ET DIALECTES		Setiali Meiyari Gabiano
TÉLÉCHARGER		En tant que csv
RESSOURCES SUPPLÉMENTAIRES		Recherche au sein de la communauté OLAC (Open Language Archives Community)
COMMENTAIRES SUPPLÉMENTAIRES		Laycock (1973) mentions three potentially separate languages: Setiali, Paka, and Gabiano. There is very little data on any of these, however, but they are likely all dialects of a single language (Conrad and Lewis 1988).

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Informations incomplètes “Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea” (243-273) . Conrad, Robert J. and Ronald K. Lewis (1988) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

En danger

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Locuteurs natifs dans le monde
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"approximately 300 speakers"

DATE OF INFO: 1983

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Near the April (Niksek) River: Niksek village, "along with the people who speak the Tuwari language. All the former residents of Setiali have moved to Sumwari or Niksek, and their old site is deserted. A very small number of Gabiano people remain at a village called Kabiano. A few also remain at Meiyari."

En danger

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>298?
Locuteurs natifs dans le monde
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker numbers are only given for "Setialia (200) and for "Gabiano" (98), taken from Dye and Townsends (1969). No figures are given for "Paka".

DATE OF INFO: 1969

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Setiali" may be spoken in Maifa, Wilialife-Wiaru, and Setiali-Kautifafi villages; "Paka" may be spoken in Sumwari, Yaramui No. 1. Yaramui No. 2, and Paka villages; "Gabiano" may be spoken in Kabian village.

En danger

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
930
Locuteurs natifs dans le monde
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik and Sandaun provinces, upper Niksek and east branch of Leonhard Schultze rivers’ headwaters; Sumwari."

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Informations incomplètes “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)