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ALSO KNOWN AS		Marangis
CLASSIFICATION		Lower Sepik-Ramu, Ramu, Lower Ramu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wax
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Information from: “A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Lower Ramu Languages of Papua New Guinea (Awar [aya], Bosmun [bqs], Kayan [kct], and Marangis [wax])” . Paris, Brian (2015) SIL International

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<1,086
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,086
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The estimated population of Marangis village is 775, the estimated population of Watam village is 311 (not including immigrants from other villages).

DATE OF INFO: 2013

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"Marangis is used to some extent in all the churches in the area. It is also used in the elementary schools that are functioning, not as the official language of instruction, but as the language used when something needs to be explained."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"Both communities expressed a desire for their children to learn and use the Marangis language."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin [tpi]

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The people of Marangis report speaking only Marangis, while the people of Watam report using some Tok Pisin."

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on the north coast, near the border of the Madang and East Sepik Provinces and the Ramu River: Marangis and Watam villages.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
367
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Watam and Marangis villages

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
590
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Madang and East Sepik provinces, 3 coastal villages between Ramu and Sepik rivers, near Ramu mouth."

SIL Electronic Survey Report		2015-009	2015	A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Lower Ramu Languages of Papua New Guinea (Awar [aya], Bosmun [bqs], Kayan [kct], and Marangis [wax])		SIL International		SIL International		Paris, Brian		1,086	<1,086	2013	100-999	The estimated population of Marangis village is 775, the estimated population of Watam village is 311 (not including immigrants from other villages).	Tok Pisin [tpi]	"Both communities expressed a desire for their children to learn and use the Marangis language."	"The people of Marangis report speaking only Marangis, while the people of Watam report using some Tok Pisin."	Threatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"Marangis is used to some extent in all the churches in the area. It is also used in the elementary schools that are functioning, not as the official language of instruction, but as the language used when something needs to be explained."	12	11	Papua New Guinea	Spoken on the north coast, near the border of the Madang and East Sepik Provinces and the Ramu River: Marangis and Watam villages.
			2014	Glottolog 2.3				Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology	http://glottolog.org	Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian	Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian. 2014. Glottolog 2.3. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at http://glottolog.org)																-4.03, 144.58
	18th		2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition	Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas		http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		590	2003	100-999	(SIL)	Tok Pisin [tpi]			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Papua New Guinea	"Madang and East Sepik provinces, 3 coastal villages between Ramu and Sepik rivers, near Ramu mouth."
Pacific Linguistics		B 25	1973	Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification	Wurm, Stephen A.	Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics	Canberra			Laycock, Donald C.			367	1970	100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Papua New Guinea	Watam and Marangis villages

Watam

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Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<1,086

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

367

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

590

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Watam

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<1,086

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

367

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

590

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