Endangered Languages Project - Sengseng

Sengseng

^{[aka Asengseng,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Asengseng
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North New Guinea
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ssz
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,750
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2003).

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
400
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,750
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~400
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1982, 453 speakers were reported. There may still be 400 or more speakers.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Only just over half the children learn the language.

More on Orthography

Some literacy in it.

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: West New Britain Province. Spoken in the southwest interior, in the Amgen River area.

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