Endangered Languages Project - Alfendio

Alfendio

^{[aka Arafundi, Nanubae, Aunda]}

Classification: Arafundi

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Arafundi, Nanubae, Aunda, Kapagmai, Tapei, Imboin, Lower Arafundi, Upper Arafundi
CLASSIFICATION		Arafundi
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		afk, afp
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		The Arafundi languages are closely related, possibly forming a dialect chain. In the Catalogue they are classified as three languages, but this is not the only possible categorization. Ethnologue (18th edition) includes two entries that correspond to what Laycock (1973) identifies as Alfendio: Nanubae [afk] and Tapei [afp].

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Information from: “Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification” . Laycock, Donald C. (1973) , Wurm, Stephen A. · Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
633
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 5 villages: Auwin, Imanmeri, Imboin, Warlamas, and Yamandim.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,560
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Nanubae" [afk] is listed as having 1,270 speakers (2005 SIL); "Tapei" [afp] is listed as having 290 speakers (2005 SIL).

DATE OF INFO: 2005

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province, Karawari rural district

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Nanubae" [afk] is spoken in Imanmeri, Wambrumas, and Yamandim villages; "Tapei" [afp] is spoken in Awim and Imboin villages.

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