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ALSO KNOWN AS		Misatik
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North New Guinea
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		msu
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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
219
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1989, 264 speakers were reported. Recent estimates mention 219.

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There is much intermarriage of Musom speakers with speakers of other languages, strong presence of Tok Pisin, the national language of Papua New Guinea, and of Yabim, the former Lutheran church lingua franca (still used by persons over forty years of age), the nearness of Lae and the influence of city life, education of children in English, long absences of adult males for work – all factors detrimental to the language.

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No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Morobe Province, eastern Markham Valley. Spoken in the southwestern corner of the Huon Peninsula, north-northwest of Lae town, on the western bank of the Busu River.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
219
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
200 (2000 S. Wurm)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

	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	219		100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						-6.5391,146.9119
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.												-6.58333333333,147.0
		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.		219		100-999	In 1989, 264 speakers were reported. Recent estimates mention 219.	Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	There is much intermarriage of Musom speakers with speakers of other languages, strong presence of Tok Pisin, the national language of Papua New Guinea, and of Yabim, the former Lutheran church lingua franca (still used by persons over forty years of age), the nearness of Lae and the influence of city life, education of children in English, long absences of adult males for work – all factors detrimental to the language.	12	12	Papua New Guinea	Morobe Province, eastern Markham Valley. Spoken in the southwestern corner of the Huon Peninsula, north-northwest of Lae town, on the western bank of the Busu River.
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		200		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	200	2000	100-999	200 (2000 S. Wurm)	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea;

Musom

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Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

219

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

219

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

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Musom

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

219

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

219

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

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