Endangered Languages Project - Mindiri

Mindiri

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North New Guinea
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mpn
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Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~90
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1981, ninety-three speakers were reported. There may be about ninety today.

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Under pressure from neighbouring languages such as Ganglau and Tok Pisin, which the young speakers prefer.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Ganglau
Tok Pisin

More on Orthography

No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Madang Province. Spoken on the southern (Rai) coast of Astrolabe Bay, west of Saidor, and immediately west of Dein.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
93
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Spoken in Madang Province of Papua New Guinea, west of Dein.

Severely endangered

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

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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