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KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North New Guinea
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
SPRACHENCODE		ptp-den
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE KOMMENTARE		Technically, it is a member of the dialect chain which constitutes the large Mumeng language.

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MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

The language is under pressure from other larger dialects of the large Mumeng language, and of Tok Pisin.

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Rechtschreibung

No literacy

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Morobe Province. Spoken inland to the southwest of the western extremity of the Huon Gulf.

			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																														-7.0572, 146.3598
					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.						140	1978	100-999	There are likely to be fewer speakers today.					Tok Pisin, other Mumeng dialects							Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			The language is under pressure from other larger dialects of the large Mumeng language, and of Tok Pisin.		12			Papua New Guinea	Morobe Province. Spoken inland to the southwest of the western extremity of the Huon Gulf.

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