Endangered Languages Project - Kilmeri

Kilmeri

^{[aka Kilmera]}

Classification: Border

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Kilmera
CLASSIFICATION		Border, Bewani
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kih
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Eastern Western
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of Pagi and Kilmeri” (193-206) . Brown, Robert (1981)

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,589
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The population figure is taken from a 1979 census of fourteen villages, plus and additional 375 people absent from their village.

DATE OF INFO: 1979

DOMAINS OF USE
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: West Sepik Province [Sandaun Province]: Vanimo district: Bewani sub-district: 14 villages: Airu, Awol, Omula, Ossima, Aiyawo, Auli, Elau, Ilup, Isi 1, Isi 2, Kilipau, Kiliwis, osol, and Sosi.

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,970
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,800
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2004

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"No users under age 10."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin [tpi]

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Vanimo district near Ossima. 15 villages."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,790
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 14 villages: Aiyawou, Airu, Auli, Awol, Elau, Ilup, Isi No. 1, Isi No. 2, Kilipau, Kiliwis, Omula, Osol, Ossima, and Sosi.

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