La información está incompleta “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Con amenaza de extinción
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,700
1,700 (2000 S. Wurm). 10%% monolingual
FECHA DE INFORMACIÓN
2000
LUGARES
Papua New Guinea;
La información está incompleta “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
Con amenaza de extinción
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,800
In 1973, 1,800 speakers were reported. This figure is still valid, but the language is under pressure from both Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu (the southern lingua franca of Papua New Guinea).
FECHA DE INFORMACIÓN
1973
TRANSMISIÓN
MÁS SOBRE LA VITALIDAD
The young speakers are beginning to prefer Tok Pisin.
OTRAS LENGUAS UTILIZADAS POR LA COMUNIDAD
Tok Pisin
Hiri Motu
Ortografía
There is some literacy in the language.
LUGARES
Papua New Guinea
DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN
Central Province. Spoken east of Port Moresby around Sirinumu Dam, as far inland as Goldie River settlement and Kailakinumu.
La información está incompleta “World Oral Literature Project” .
Con amenaza de extinción
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,700
La información está incompleta “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
La información está incompleta “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Con amenaza de extinción
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available