Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,200
Speaker number data: (K. McElhanon 1978). 393 Bam (K. McElhanon 1978) and 492 Yagawak (Wurm and Hattori 1981)
PLACES
Papua New Guinea;
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Morobe Province, Kaiapit District, Wantoat, Leron, and Bam rivers
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Severely endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Information from: “World Oral Literature Project” .
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,201
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press