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CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Madang, Croisilles, Northern Adelbert, Kumil-Tibor, Kumil
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		bie; bepo1240
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Information from: “A Reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert Phonology and Lexicon” . Andrew Pick (2020) ScholarSpace

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
A few dozen speakers or less
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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Tok Pisin is the primary language for most young speakers.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin
Amako

PLACES: Spoken along the coast near the Kumil River in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

Severely endangered

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

DATE OF INFO: 2000

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
57
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The number of speakers is roughly the same today.

DATE OF INFO: 1981

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

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Under pressure from large languages such as its northern neighbour Mauwake (or Ulingan) to which it is closely related, and from Tok Pisin.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Mauwake
Tok Pisin

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No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Madang Province. Spoken in the northeastern part of Madang Province, just south of the lower Kumil River, due south of Sikor.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
57
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
125
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

December		2020	A Reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert Phonology and Lexicon				ScholarSpace		University of Hawai'i at Manoa	https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/73354/1/Pick_hawii_0085A_10891.pdf	Andrew Pick				A few dozen speakers or less		10-99		Tok Pisin, Amako	Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	Tok Pisin is the primary language for most young speakers.	15	Spoken along the coast near the Kumil River in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea		-4.60,145.44
	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		57	2000	10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						-4.586,145.4184
		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.			57	1981	10-99	The number of speakers is roughly the same today.	Mauwake, Tok Pisin	Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Under pressure from large languages such as its northern neighbour Mauwake (or Ulingan) to which it is closely related, and from Tok Pisin.	12	Papua New Guinea	Madang Province. Spoken in the northeastern part of Madang Province, just south of the lower Kumil River, due south of Sikor.
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			50	2000	10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	125	50		10-99	Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).		Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea;

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Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

A few dozen speakers or less

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

57

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

57

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

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Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

A few dozen speakers or less

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

57

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

57

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

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