Sepa (Papua New Guinea)
Classification: Austronesian
·endangered
Classification: Austronesian
·endangered
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Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
In 1981, 268 speakers were reported. Today there may be about 200.
There is pressure on the language from the large related Manam language.
No literacy
Madang Province. Spoken on the coast south of Manam Island around Bogia.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
"Madang Province, Manam island south coast, Bogia area."
Information from: “Classificatory and typological studies in languages of the Madang district New Guinea” . Z'graggen, John A. (1971) Pacific Linguistics
Madang: "Sepa is spoke in the villages of Sepa and Wanam, immediately east and west of Bogia Station."
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
Sepa and Wanam villages