Kaian
[aka Kayan]Classification: Lower Sepik-Ramu
·threatened
Classification: Lower Sepik-Ramu
·threatened
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Lower Sepik-Ramu, Ramu, Lower Ramu |
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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
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The estimated population of Kayan village is 792 (not including immigrants from other villages).
"All the children in Kayan learn the Kayan language first and use it actively with all members of society including other children."
Tok Pisin [tpi]
"The local Roman Catholic church does use some Kayan—but not much, as they wish to accommodate speakers of other languages."
On the north coast near the border of Madang and East Sepik Provinces and the Ramu River: Kayan village.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
"Madang Province, Bogia district, coast east of Ramu river. 1 village."
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
Kaian village
Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)