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ALSO KNOWN AS		Naune, Admiralitäts-inseln
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ncn
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
100 (2000 S. Wurm)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
130
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<130
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1977, 130 speakers were reported. There are probably fewer today.

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The speakers are bilingual in the large Titan language spoken on an island to the west of Nauna Island, and there is pressure on the Nauna language from the creolized Tok Pisin of the Admiralty Islands.

More on Orthography

No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Manus Province. Spoken on Nauna Island, east of Manus Island in the Admiralty Islands.

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	130		100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				-2.2159,148.1986
	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.		<130		100-999	In 1977, 130 speakers were reported. There are probably fewer today.	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	The speakers are bilingual in the large Titan language spoken on an island to the west of Nauna Island, and there is pressure on the Nauna language from the creolized Tok Pisin of the Admiralty Islands.	Papua New Guinea	Manus Province. Spoken on Nauna Island, east of Manus Island in the Admiralty Islands.
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		100		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	100	2000	10-99	100 (2000 S. Wurm)	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Papua New Guinea;

Nauna

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Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

130

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<130

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Nauna

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

130

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<130

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