Abaga
[aka Wagaba, Wagama, Vaga]Classification: Nuclear Trans-New Guinea
·critically endangered
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Critically endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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5
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In the 1960s, there were still about 150 speakers of it, but in 1994 only five were left.
- DATE OF INFO
- 1994
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Kamano
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Benabena
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
The language has been under intense pressure from Kamano.
- More on Orthography
No literacy
- PLACES
- Papua New Guinea
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Eastern Highlands Province, eastern part of the Goroka District. Spoken north of Henganofi, around Kisi.
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The speakers appear to have migrated from the southern Huon Peninsula area into the Eastern Highlands where they live in the territory of the large Kamano language.