Nafi
[aka Sirak,]Classification: Austronesian
·endangered
- DATE OF INFO
- 1988
- PLACES
- Papua New Guinea;
Language metadata
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Sirak |
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Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North New Guinea |
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Language information by source
Compare Sources (4)
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
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Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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<100
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In 1988, 157 speakers were reported. Now there may be below 100 speakers.
- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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It is under pressure from neighbouring large related languages such as Wampar, and from Tok Pisin which the children prefer.
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Wampar
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Tok Pisin
- More on Orthography
No literacy
- PLACES
- Papua New Guinea
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Morobe Province. Spoken to the north of Lae on the Busu River.