Endangered Languages Project - Tuwari

Tuwari

^{[aka Akiapmin]}

Classification: Unclassified

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Akiapmin
CLASSIFICATION		Unclassified, Leonhard Schultze?
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tww
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Information from: “Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea” (243-273) . Conrad, Robert J. and Ronald K. Lewis (1988) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
90
Native speakers worldwide
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"about 90 people"

DATE OF INFO: 1983

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Tuwari speakers "used to live at the village of Tuwari on the upper Leonhard Schultze River and in other areas to the south and south-west of Tuwari. At present they live at Sumwari, with the exception of a small group who live at Akiapmin on a tributary of the Ok Om River."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
360
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
census

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, middle Sepik region, upper Walio river; near Akiapmin south of Central Range."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
122
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
122
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Townsends 1969)

DATE OF INFO: 1969

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: unknown villages

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Information from: “Glottolog” .