Abaga
[également appelé Wagaba, Wagama, Vaga]Classification : Nuclear Trans-New Guinea
·en danger critique
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En danger critique
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
- TENDANCES AU NIVEAU DES LOCUTEURS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Kamano
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Benabena
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
The language has been under intense pressure from Kamano.
- Orthographe
No literacy
- PLACES
- Papua New Guinea
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Eastern Highlands Province, eastern part of the Goroka District. Spoken north of Henganofi, around Kisi.
- COMMENTAIRES SUPPLÉMENTAIRES
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.