Endangered Languages Project - Purari

Purari

^{[aka Evorra, Iai, Koriki]}

Classification: Non-Austronesian

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Evorra, Iai, Koriki, Maipua, Namau
CLASSIFICATION		Non-Austronesian, Elema
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		iar
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Iai (Namau) Purari
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Languages that make up the Elema language family are spoken on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea in the central to eastern Gulf Province

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Information from: “Language isolates in the New Guinea region” . Harald Hammarström (2017) , Lyle Campbell, Thomas Dougherty, and Alexander D. Smith · London: Routledge

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: around the mouth of the Purari river in Gulf Province

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Speakers of Purari also genearlly speak Tok Pisin, English, and Motu. Competence in these latter three languages varies depending on age group. Purari-speaking individuals may also know one or more languages of the surrounding ethnic groups (Elema, Kaura, Pawaiian, Era, Gope, and Urama)

PLACES: Purari is primarily spoken by inhabitants in the Purari Delta. It is also spoken in Port Moresby.

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

-7.746167, 145.088916; -9.449204, 147.179273

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