"Children in Siamatai are taught Amara early and encouraged to use it frequently. Children [in Niuniuai and Natamou] do not learn Amara early and are not placed in environments where Amara language use would be practically beneficial to them, with a result of very low or no language use."

"Amara dominates the domains of language use in Siamatai. The people reported that arguing, joking, and planning cultural events centred on weddings and funerals are only conducted in Amara."

"In Niuniuiai... [t]here are no domains that are reserved for Amara only. Each event that happens in the home or village, including the organisation of cultural events, is mixed between Amara and Bariai."

"In Natamou, all home and village domains are conducted in Maleu-Kilenge."

"The only school inside the Amara language area is the Siamatai elementary school. This lack of access to schools in the language area pushes the Amara people to meet the educational needs of their children by sending them outside the language area where they are exposed more intensely to neighbouring vernaculars."

"High internal prestige is found in Siamatai where the language is still vital. Low internal prestige and faint sentimental attachments to the language are resulting in ongoing language shift in Niuniuiai and completed language shift in Natamou."

"...[M]ales and females of each age group are actively bilingual in Bariai, Maleu-Kilenge, and Tok Pisin."

No writing system is specifically mentioned, but one can infer its existence by the fact that there are school books in the language and community members have apparently asked SIL for more Amara books; e.g., "There are teacher’s guides available to the staff that were originally provided in English and then translated to Bariai. However, the teachers of Siamatai translated them into Amara for use in Siamatai."

"used since 1980s."