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ALSO KNOWN AS		Nalu
CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		opm
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Lower Oksapmin Upper Oksapmin
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Information from: “A grammar of Oksapmin” . Loughnane, Robyn (2009)

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,000
Native speakers worldwide
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"spoken by approximately 8000 people (Lawrence, M. 1993)"

DATE OF INFO: 1993

TRANSMISSION

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"Oksapmin is the main language of communication in the Tekin Valley and is still the first language that the vast majority of children in the area learn. Tok Pisin and English are, however, becoming more prominent."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin [tpi]
English [eng]

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sandaun Province: Telefomin district: Oksapmin subdistrict: most "live in villages dotted in and around the Tekin, Bak and Oksapmin stations in the Tekin Valley ... There are an additional few hundred speakers living in Tabubil, Western Province, and smaller numbers living in other major centres in PNG."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,700?
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 36(?) villages: Aramkea, Aranim, Bak, Bakana, Betiana, Daburaba, Disana, Divana, Divana-Siremti, Divana-Woitapa, Duban, Gaugutian, Gautagan, Iua, Kasanbak, Kunana, Kusana, Kusdoban, Kweptana, Lindana, Menma, Nianong, Sanaptianmin, Sembati, Tavea, Teka, Teranmin, Tomiana, Waula, Yendana, Duranmin, Emiapmin, Kamagoiana, Khakna, Kutik, and Suarmin.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Some of the villages listed may be Hewa- or Bimin-speaking.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 1991

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Telefomin district, southwest Sepik Hill languages border; Southern Highlands Province, area between north bank, Strickland river, and Sandaun border; Western Province, Olsobip RLLG."

			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)													-5.21, 142.18
	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.	8,000	1991	1000-9999	(SIL)			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea	"Sandaun Province, Telefomin district, southwest Sepik Hill languages border; Southern Highlands Province, area between north bank, Strickland river, and Sandaun border; Western Province, Olsobip RLLG."
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.		6,700?	1970	1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Some of the villages listed may be Hewa- or Bimin-speaking.	Papua New Guinea	36(?) villages: Aramkea, Aranim, Bak, Bakana, Betiana, Daburaba, Disana, Divana, Divana-Siremti, Divana-Woitapa, Duban, Gaugutian, Gautagan, Iua, Kasanbak, Kunana, Kusana, Kusdoban, Kweptana, Lindana, Menma, Nianong, Sanaptianmin, Sembati, Tavea, Teka, Teranmin, Tomiana, Waula, Yendana, Duranmin, Emiapmin, Kamagoiana, Khakna, Kutik, and Suarmin.
			2009	A grammar of Oksapmin			Melbourne		University of Melbourne		Loughnane, Robyn		8,000	1993	1000-9999	"spoken by approximately 8000 people (Lawrence, M. 1993)"	school	Tok Pisin [tpi], English [eng]	Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"Oksapmin is the main language of communication in the Tekin Valley and is still the first language that the vast majority of children in the area learn. Tok Pisin and English are, however, becoming more prominent."		Papua New Guinea	Sandaun Province: Telefomin district: Oksapmin subdistrict: most "live in villages dotted in and around the Tekin, Bak and Oksapmin stations in the Tekin Valley ... There are an additional few hundred speakers living in Tabubil, Western Province, and smaller numbers living in other major centres in PNG."

Oksapmin

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Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

8,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,700?

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

8,000

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Oksapmin

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Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

8,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,700?

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

8,000

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