Arawum
Classification: Trans-New Guinea
·severely endangered
Language metadata
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Trans-New Guinea, Madang, Rai Coast, Kabenau |
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ISO 639-3; Glottolog |
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awm; araw1272 |
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Language information by source
Compare Sources (4)
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
- DATE OF INFO
- 1981
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Siroi
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Tok Pisin
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
It is under pressure from larger languages of the area such as Siroi, and the children prefer Tok Pisin.
- More on Orthography
No literacy
- PLACES
- Papua New Guinea
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Madang Province. Spoken on the southern (Rai) coast of Astrolabe Bay, on the lower Kambara River and the coast west of Rimbo.