Endangered Languages Project - Sepa (Papua New Guinea)

Sepa (Papua New Guinea)

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North New Guinea
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		spe
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Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
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In 1981, 268 speakers were reported. Today there may be about 200.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

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There is pressure on the language from the large related Manam language.

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No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Madang Province. Spoken on the coast south of Manam Island around Bogia.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Madang Province, Manam island south coast, Bogia area."

Endangered

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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
697
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
210
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Z'graggen 1971)

DATE OF INFO: 1969

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sepa and Wanam villages

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
210
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1969

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Madang: "Sepa is spoke in the villages of Sepa and Wanam, immediately east and west of Bogia Station."

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