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ALSO KNOWN AS		Mandi, Imandi
CLASSIFICATION		Torricelli, Marienberg Hills
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tua
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
460
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
census

DATE OF INFO: 2000

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Used only by those over 60, middle-aged understand, but speak only a few phrases; youth do not understand. Very few village speakers."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"Interest in revitalization."

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Mandi village, southeast of Wewak on coast."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
162
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
162
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mandi village

			2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)				Institute for Language Information and Technology	Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.											-3.61529, 143.7268
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.	162		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	18th		2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition	Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas			http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.	460	2000	100-999	census	"Interest in revitalization."	Severely Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	"Used only by those over 60, middle-aged understand, but speak only a few phrases; youth do not understand. Very few village speakers."	Papua New Guinea	"East Sepik Province, Mandi village, southeast of Wewak on coast."
Pacific Linguistics		B 25	1973	Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification	Wurm, Stephen A.	Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics	Canberra				Laycock, Donald C.		162	1970	100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Papua New Guinea	Mandi village

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Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

460

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

162

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

162

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Language information by source

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

460

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

162

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

162

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