Endangered Languages Project - Gweda

Gweda

^{[aka Garuwahi,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Garuwahi
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Papuan Tip
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		grw
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
26
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<225
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1972, 225 speakers were reported. Today there are likely to be less.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The speakers are bilingual in the large related Wedau language, their western neighbour, and there is pressure from Tok Pisin.
More on Orthography: No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Milne Bay Province. Spoken on the northern part of the eastern extremity of the Papua New Guinea mainland, near East Cape.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
26
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
225
Native speakers worldwide

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