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CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Angan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ssu
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (S. Wurm 2000)

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Morobe Province, Upper Watut Valley outside Bulolo

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1990, fifteen speakers were reported, but now it would be less than ten.

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The speakers use the large Angan language Angaatiha as second language, and most of them have shifted to it. The surviving speakers have lost interest in their language.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Negative

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Angaatiha

More on Orthography

No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Morobe Province. Spoken in the upper Watut River valley, outside Bulolo town.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

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	10	10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							-7.2044,146.5493
	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.		<10	1-9	In 1990, fifteen speakers were reported, but now it would be less than ten.	Angaatiha	Negative	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	The speakers use the large Angan language Angaatiha as second language, and most of them have shifted to it. The surviving speakers have lost interest in their language.	15	15	Papua New Guinea	Morobe Province. Spoken in the upper Watut River valley, outside Bulolo town.
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		10	10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	10	10-99	Speaker number data: (S. Wurm 2000)			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Papua New Guinea;	Morobe Province, Upper Watut Valley outside Bulolo

Susuami

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Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

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Susuami

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

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