Ama
[alias Sawiyanu, Waniabu, Neinbonei]Klassifizierung: Left May
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Klassifizierung: Left May
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Sawiyanu, Waniabu, Neinbonei |
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Informationen von: “Words in Ama” . Årsjö, Britten (1999)
"There are about 450 speakers of this language group."
"Children grow up learning to speak the language."
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 ."
East Sepik Province: Ambunti district
"The people are semi-nomadic hunters and gatherers."
Informationen von: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
"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."
Informationen von: “Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification” . Laycock, Donald C. (1973) , Wurm, Stephen A. · Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics
4 villages: Boropa, Kauvia, Tigi, and Wobaru.
The villages of Abi-aboa, Apaka, Asowir, and Nasiap "have apparently been abandoned since 1965."
Informationen von: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)