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ALSO KNOWN AS		Duranmin, Akiapmin, Suarmin, Wani
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		seo
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Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
145
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1979, 188 were reported in a census, but recent information mentions 145.

TRANSMISSION

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Young people are quite bilingual in the large Telefol language, the western neighbour of Suarmin, which puts pressure upon it.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Telefol

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No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sandaun Province, Telefomin District. Spoken in a few hamlets on the Kenu (Hok) River, a tributary of the Om River, in the Central Range area, not very far from the Irian Jaya border.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
140
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(2000 S. Wurm)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sandaun Province, Telefomin District, hamlets on Kenu River, an Om River tributary.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
140
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
145
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~180
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

The language is still being transmitted to children.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
141
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "two villages, Siliam and Siliambil, near the Duranmin airstrip"

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
180
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

The Asaba language is still being transmitted to children (p.c. Roger Lohmann 2009).

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sandaun Province

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "In the Kenu and Om rivers in the Upper Sepik area of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea."

Endangered

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

		2010	The status of the least documented language families in the world		177-212			Language Documentation and Conservation	4		http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4478/hammarstrom.pdf;jsessionid=76414DD90F95DF076959B1AEB0158091?sequence=1	Hammarström, Harald	Harald Hammarström. 2010. "The Status of the Least Documented Language Families in the World." In Language Documentation and Conservation, 4: 177-212. Online: http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4478/hammarstrom.pdf;jsessionid=76414DD90F95DF076959B1AEB0158091?sequence=1.		~180		100-999			Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	The language is still being transmitted to children.
Pacific Linguistics, Series C		1975	The Sepik-Ramu Phylum	Papuan Languages and the New Guinea Linguistic Scene, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study 1	729-763	Wurm, S.A.	Australian National University		38			Laycock, D. C. and Z'graggen, John A.	D. C. Laycock and John A. Z'graggen. 1975. "The Sepik-Ramu Phylum." In Papuan Languages and the New Guinea Linguistic Scene, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study 1, edited by S.A. Wurm. 38: 729-763. Australian National University.	WALS	100?		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	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	145		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						-5.0526,141.9818
		2017	Language isolates in the New Guinea region	Language isolates		Lyle Campbell, Thomas Dougherty, and Alexander D. Smith	London: Routledge					Harald Hammarström	Harald Hammerström. forthcoming. Language isolates in the New Guinea region. In Language isolates, edited by Lyle Campbell, Thomas Dougherty, and Alexander D. Smith. London: Routledge.		180		100-999			Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	The Asaba language is still being transmitted to children (p.c. Roger Lohmann 2009).	"In the Kenu and Om rivers in the Upper Sepik area of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea."	Papua New Guinea	Sandaun Province
Pacific Linguistics: Series A		1988	Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea	Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 26	243-273		Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University		76			Conrad, Robert J. and Ronald K. Lewis	Robert J. Conrad and Ronald K. Lewis. 1988. "Some Language and Sociolinguistic Relationships in the Upper Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea." In Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 26, 76: 243-273. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.	HHOLD	141	1983	100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea	"two villages, Siliam and Siliambil, near the Duranmin airstrip"
			World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		140		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International			Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		140	2000	100-999	(2000 S. Wurm)		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea	Sandaun Province, Telefomin District, hamlets on Kenu River, an Om River tributary.
		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.		145		100-999	In 1979, 188 were reported in a census, but recent information mentions 145.	Telefol	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Young people are quite bilingual in the large Telefol language, the western neighbour of Suarmin, which puts pressure upon it.		Papua New Guinea	Sandaun Province, Telefomin District. Spoken in a few hamlets on the Kenu (Hok) River, a tributary of the Om River, in the Central Range area, not very far from the Irian Jaya border.

Asaba

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

145

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

145

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~180

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

141

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

180

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100?

Discussion

Asaba

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

145

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

145

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~180

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

141

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

180

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100?

Discussion

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