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ALSO KNOWN AS		Mari, Na, Dorro (formerly)
CLASSIFICATION		Yam, Morehead-Upper Maro, Nambu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		mxw; namo1246
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Mari Village Tais Village
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Namo is 62% cognate with Dorro, Nambu, and Tais (Rueck, 2011)

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

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
380
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
380 (2003 SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

MORE ON VITALITY

The language is under pressure from large closely related neighbouring languages, especially the Nambu language to the north, and also from Tok Pisin.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin
Nambu

More on Orthography

There is no literacy in Dorro.

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Western Province. Spoken on the western third of the south coast, around Mari, west of Tais.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
385
Native speakers worldwide

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	80		10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					-9.1834,141.8994
	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.		80		10-99		Tok Pisin, Nambu	Severely Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	The language is under pressure from large closely related neighbouring languages, especially the Nambu language to the north, and also from Tok Pisin.	13	Papua New Guinea	Western Province. Spoken on the western third of the south coast, around Mari, west of Tais.
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		385		100-999			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	380	2003	100-999	380 (2003 SIL)		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Papua New Guinea;

Namo

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

380

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

385

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Namo

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

380

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

385

Discussion

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