Endangered Languages Project - Iteri

Iteri

^{[aka Alowiemino, Iyo, Laro]}

Classification: Left May

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Alowiemino, Iyo, Laro, Rocky Peak, Yinibu
CLASSIFICATION		Left May
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		itr
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Rocky Peak
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Laycock (1973) lists two separate languages--Yinibu (Rocky Peak) and Iyo--athough he writes that Iyo may be the same language as Yinibu. According to Årsjö (1999), Rocky Peak is a dialect of Iteri.

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Information from: “Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification” . Laycock, Donald C. (1973) , Wurm, Stephen A. · Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
447
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Yinibu (Rocky Peak)" is listed as having 292 speakers; "Iyo" is listed as having 155 speakers.

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Yinibu (Rocky Peak)" is spoken in Ananali, Iteli, Ienewe, Laro, Warumoi, and Yeweku villages; "Iyo" is spoken in Agrame and Uwau villages.

Severely endangered

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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
480
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, northwest Ambunti Dreikikir district; Sandaun Province, Rocky Peak mountains."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
475
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing