Puare
[aka Puari, Bkwala]Classification: Sko
·severely endangered
Classification: Sko
·severely endangered
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Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
In 1981, 371 speakers were reported. Language use was vigorous then. However, in November 1998, a tsunami hit the area inhabited by Puari speakers and annihilated most of them. It is not known how many survived, largely by being elsewhere at that time, but they are probably only in the tens.
No literacy
Sandaun Province. Spoken on the coast west of the Warapu language area.
Information from: “Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification” . Laycock, Donald C. (1973) , Wurm, Stephen A. · Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics
Pino and Puari villages
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
"Sandaun Province, Puari coast area."