Endangered Languages Project - Waris

Waris

^{[aka Walsa]}

Classification: Border

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Walsa
CLASSIFICATION		Border, Waris
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wrs
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Information from: “Waris Grammar Sketch” . Brown, Bob (1990)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<4,400
Native speakers worldwide
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About 3,000 speakers in Papua New Guinea; perhaps as many as 1,400 speakers in Indonesia.

DATE OF INFO: 1990

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea; Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sandaun Province, Amanab district, Imonda sub-district: 24 villages. Kecamatan Waris in Papua Province, Indonesia.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide
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"2,500 in Papua New Guinea, increasing. Population total all countries: 4,000."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: "Positive attitudes."
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Almost all also use Tok Pisin [tpi]."

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Amanab district, Wasengla area."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,160
Native speakers worldwide
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This figure includes estimates for Imonda, which is treated as a dialect of Waris by Laycock (1973), but, following Seiler (1985) is included as a separate language in the Catalogue. Indeed, Laycock writes: "The dialect spoken at Imonda is very distinct, and is regarded by Imonda villagers as a separate language."

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea; Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 15 villages in Papua New Guinea: Dauchendi, Daundi, Doponendi, Epmi, Imonda, Kolosa, Machendi, Mindepoke, Namola, Omol, Sainendi, Swach-Ketjil, Tokonendi, Wainda, and Yuwetla; 10 villages in Papua Province, Indonesia: Ampas, Kok, Komieti, Major, Mingk, Oum, Pendesi, Sach, Senck, and Swach.

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