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ALSO KNOWN AS		Bumbita Arapesh, Bambita Arapesh, But Arapesh, Weri
CLASSIFICATION		Torricelli, Arapeshan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		aon
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Bonahoi Timingir Urita Weril Werir
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Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,353
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

TRANSMISSION

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Middle-aged and older speakers use the language, but except for two villages, younger people mainly use Tok Pisin, the national language of Papua New Guinea.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin [tpi]

More on Orthography

There is beginning literacy in Bumbita Arapesh.

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province. Spoken in the northern central part of the East Sepik Province in the Maprik District, in the Torricelli mountains. Thirteen villages.

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,340
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
8,680
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

TRANSMISSION

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"Young people mainly use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007). Mostly middle-aged and older; youth in 2 villages (Wurm 2007)."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin [tpi]

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Maprik district, Torricelli mountains, south of Wom. 13 villages."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,353
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,335
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,353
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 13 villages: Aluwingei, Bonahoi, Bombita, Indibi, M'Bras, Salata, Sarom, Saunes, Tauanangas, Timingir, Urita, Wa'ahun, and Waragom.

	3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		2,353		1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					-3.6449, 142.8002
	18th		2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		8,680	4,340	2003	1000-9999	(SIL)	Tok Pisin [tpi]	Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	"Young people mainly use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007). Mostly middle-aged and older; youth in 2 villages (Wurm 2007)."	Papua New Guinea	"East Sepik Province, Maprik district, Torricelli mountains, south of Wom. 13 villages."
Pacific Linguistics		B 25	1973	Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification			Wurm, Stephen A.	Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics	Canberra		Laycock, Donald C.				2,353	1970	1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Papua New Guinea	13 villages: Aluwingei, Bonahoi, Bombita, Indibi, M'Bras, Salata, Sarom, Saunes, Tauanangas, Timingir, Urita, Wa'ahun, and Waragom.
			2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	425-577	Christopher Moseley	Routledge	London and New York		Stephen Wurm	Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.			2,353	1970	1000-9999		Tok Pisin [tpi]	Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	Middle-aged and older speakers use the language, but except for two villages, younger people mainly use Tok Pisin, the national language of Papua New Guinea.	Papua New Guinea	East Sepik Province. Spoken in the northern central part of the East Sepik Province in the Maprik District, in the Torricelli mountains. Thirteen villages.
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			4,335		1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Bumbita

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,353

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,340

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,353

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,335

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,353

Discussion

Bumbita

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,353

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,340

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,353

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,335

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,353

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