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ALSO KNOWN AS		Sogoba, Latoma
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Sepik Hill, Central Sepik Hill
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		siv
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Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1993

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The speakers are bilingual in Tok Pisin and the large related language Alamblak, which is the northern neighbour of Sumariup, which is under pressure from these two languages.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin
Alamblak

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No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southern central East Sepik Province. Spoken south of the uppermost Karawari River, southeast of Amboin settlement.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Native speakers worldwide
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(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 1993

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, upper Wagupmeri river. 1 village."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
65
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sumariup village

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
65
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

	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	65		10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				-4.7, 143.3
	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.		80	1993	10-99	(SIL)	Alamblak [amp], Tok Pisin [tpi]	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Papua New Guinea	"East Sepik Province, upper Wagupmeri river. 1 village."
Pacific Linguistics		B 25	1973	Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification			Wurm, Stephen A.	Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics	Canberra		Laycock, Donald C.			65	1970	10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			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.		80	1993	10-99		Tok Pisin, Alamblak	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	The speakers are bilingual in Tok Pisin and the large related language Alamblak, which is the northern neighbour of Sumariup, which is under pressure from these two languages.	Papua New Guinea	Southern central East Sepik Province. Spoken south of the uppermost Karawari River, southeast of Amboin settlement.
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		80		10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Papua New Guinea	Sumariup village

Sumariup

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Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

65

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

65

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Sumariup

Language metadata

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Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

65

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

65

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