Abaga
[también conocido como Wagaba, Wagama, Vaga]Clasificación: Nuclear Trans-New Guinea
·en peligro crítico de extinción
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En peligro crítico de extinción
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.
- FECHA DE INFORMACIÓN
- 1994
- TENDENCIAS DE HABLANTES
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- TRANSMISIÓN
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- OTRAS LENGUAS UTILIZADAS POR LA COMUNIDAD
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Kamano
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Benabena
- COMENTARIOS SOBRE CONTEXTO DE LA LENGUA
The language has been under intense pressure from Kamano.
- Ortografía
No literacy
- LUGARES
- Papua New Guinea
- DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN
Eastern Highlands Province, eastern part of the Goroka District. Spoken north of Henganofi, around Kisi.
- COMENTARIOS ADICIONALES
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.