Informationen von: “Bimin Dialect Survey Report: Sandaun and Western Provinces” .
Gefährdet
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
DATUM DER INFORMATION
1993
VERBREITUNG
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
Tok Pisin [tpi]
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT
"Tok Pisin is growing in popularity, though there are still a significant number of people, of both sexes and all age groups, who cannot speak Pisin"
ORTE
Papua New Guinea
ORTSBESCHREIBUNG
"The Bimin language area transverses the borders of Sandaun and Western Province. It is situated in the extreme south easterly section of Sandaun Province and the eastern corner of the northwest extension of Western Province."
WEITERE KOMMENTARE
The main village of the Bim Weng dialect is Akalu; the main village of the Nimtew Weng dialect is Sengen.
Informationen von: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
Bedroht
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,250
(2003 SIL)
DATUM DER INFORMATION
2003
Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)
Latin
ORTE
Papua New Guinea
ORTSBESCHREIBUNG
"Western Province, large area west of Strickland river; Sandaun Province, Telefomin district, Oksapmin RLLG; small border area, Southern Highlands Province, south of Umanapi."
Informationen von: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)