Endangered Languages Project - Vehes

Vehes

^{[aka Buasi, Vehees,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Buasi, Vehees
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North New Guinea
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		val
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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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
70
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (S. Wurm 2000)

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Morobe Province, near the coast between Salamaua and Lae. 1 village.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

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

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1978, 100 speakers were reported. This is likely to be less today.

MORE ON VITALITY

The language is under pressure from the large languages Buang Mapos and Buang Mangga, which are its northern and southwestern neighbours and to which it is related, and from Tok Pisin.

More on Orthography

No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Morobe Province. Spoken inland from the westernmost extremity of the Huon Gulf.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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