Endangered Languages Project - Bagupi

Bagupi

Classification: Trans-New Guinea

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endangered

CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Madang
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bpi
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Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
58
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Today, the number of speakers is still around 60.

DATE OF INFO: 1981

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The language is under pressure from neighbouring large languages such as Garuh, and Tok Pisin, which is taking its toll.
More on Orthography: No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Madang Province. Spoken at the headwaters of the Gogol River, west of Mabanob, northwest of Madang town.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
130
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Wurm 2000)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Heavy influence from Nobonob [gaw] and Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007)."

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Madang Province, headwaters of the Gogol river, west of Mabanob, northwest of Madang town."

Severely endangered

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

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing