Endangered Languages Project - Port Sandwich

Port Sandwich

^{[aka Lamap]}

Classification: Austronesian

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lamap
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Vanuatu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		psw
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

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Lynch and Crowley (2001).

PLACES: Vanuatu;

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
20 for Nisvai variety: probably a dialect of Port Sandwich, or a closely related language

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Under pressure from other neighboring languages and Bislama
More on Orthography: No literacy in language

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southeastern corner area of Malekula, south of Lamap settlement

Severely endangered

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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
750
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,200
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Malekula

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1200
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Malekula

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press