Magori
Classification: Austronesian
·endangered
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Endangered
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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<200
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In 1971, 200 speakers were reported, but their number is decreasing.
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Suau
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Mailu
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Hiri Motu
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
Most Magori speakers are bilingual or trilingual in the large Suau language, Mailu or Hiri Motu, the third official language of Papua New Guinea, and second general lingua franca of southern Papua New Guinea.
- More on Orthography
No literacy
- PLACES
- Papua New Guinea
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Eastern part of the Central Province. Spoken at the eastern end of Table Bay, on the lower Bailebo-Tavenei River.