Endangered Languages Project - Ak

Ak

Classification: Sepik

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severely endangered

CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Yellow River
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		akq
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Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<80
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The language is under heavy pressure from neighbouring larger languages of the same group such as Namie, and the children beginning to prefer Tok Pisin.
More on Orthography: No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sandaun Province. About 40km north of Yellow River ownship, to the east of the Upper Sand River, a northern tributary of the Sepik River, northeast of Yawari.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Wurm)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Kwieftim village."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
83
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
83
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Kwieftim village

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing