Information from: “Pinai-Hagahai” (64-122) . Melliger, Markus (2000) , Brownie, John · Summer Institute of Linguistics
Vulnerable
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
600
DATE OF INFO
1996
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE
"Pinai-Hagahai ultimately holds the most prestige among the people."
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Enga [enq]
Haruai [tmd]
Tok Pisin [tpi]
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
"Knowledge of Tok Pisin is increasing while Enga is on the decline."
PLACES
Papua New Guinea
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"The Pinai-Hagahai language group is located in an area along both sides of the Yuat River in the Enga and Madang Provinces. The area stretches approximately ten kilometers south and ten kilometers north of the Yuat. It has the Lai River and Aram e River as its eastern border and the area of the East Sepik provincial boundary as its western border."
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
"The most significant population centers are Megamanau, Ilu, and Mamusi."
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
600
(SIL)
DATE OF INFO
1997
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Enga [enq]
Haruai [tmd]
Tok Pisin [tpi]
Scripts (Writing system)
Latin
PLACES
Papua New Guinea
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"Enga, Madang, Western Highlands and East Sepik provinces border area."
Information from: “Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification” . Laycock, Donald C. (1973) , Wurm, Stephen A. · Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>83?
"Aramaue" is listed as having 83 speakers; "Pinai" is listed as having an unknown number of speakers; "Erem" is listed as having an unknown number of speakers.
DATE OF INFO
1970
PLACES
Papua New Guinea
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"Aramaue" is spoken "'on the boundary' between the Western Highlands and the East Sepik District"; "Pinai" is spoken "in the Upper Yuat gorge, to the north of the river"; "Erem" is spoken in a village of the same name "on the Upper Yuat river."
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Pella village may speak "Aramaue".
Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)