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ALSO KNOWN AS		Sawiyanu, Waniabu, Neinbonei
CLASSIFICATION		Left May
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		amm
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Information from: “Words in Ama” . Årsjö, Britten (1999)

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
450
Native speakers worldwide
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"There are about 450 speakers of this language group."

DATE OF INFO: 1991

TRANSMISSION

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"Children grow up learning to speak the language."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin [tpi]

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Especially the boys also learn to understand Tok Pisin, one of the national languages. As they grow older they learn to speak it. Women do not usually speak Tok Pisin though some understand it ."

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province: Ambunti district

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "The people are semi-nomadic hunters and gatherers."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
480
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
census

DATE OF INFO: 1990

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Ambunti district, Waniap creek, south of Sepik river, south of Namia, Ama (Wopolu I), Wopolu II (Nokonufa), Kauvia (Kawiya), and Yonuwai villages; all on hills rising from the swamp."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300?
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 4 villages: Boropa, Kauvia, Tigi, and Wobaru.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The villages of Abi-aboa, Apaka, Asowir, and Nasiap "have apparently been abandoned since 1965."

			1999	Words in Ama					http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=52240	Årsjö, Britten		450	1991	100-999	"There are about 450 speakers of this language group."	Tok Pisin [tpi]	"Especially the boys also learn to understand Tok Pisin, one of the national languages. As they grow older they learn to speak it. Women do not usually speak Tok Pisin though some understand it ."	Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"Children grow up learning to speak the language."	"The people are semi-nomadic hunters and gatherers."	Papua New Guinea	East Sepik Province: Ambunti district
			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)													-4.20, 141.66
	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.	480	1990	100-999	census			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea	"East Sepik Province, Ambunti district, Waniap creek, south of Sepik river, south of Namia, Ama (Wopolu I), Wopolu II (Nokonufa), Kauvia (Kawiya), and Yonuwai villages; all on hills rising from the swamp."
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.		300?	1970	100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			The villages of Abi-aboa, Apaka, Asowir, and Nasiap "have apparently been abandoned since 1965."	Papua New Guinea	4 villages: Boropa, Kauvia, Tigi, and Wobaru.

Ama

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Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

450

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

480

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300?

Discussion

Ama

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

450

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

480

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300?

Discussion

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