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ALSO KNOWN AS		Mungkip
CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mpv
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
12
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
670
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2006). Data for the ethnic population is from the 2006 SIL survey.

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
12
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"According to Mungkip village residents, approximately twelve people out of the Mungkip and Kasuka populations speak the Mungkip language. Specifically, they reported that there are four Mungkip-speaking adults resident in Mungkip village and one Mungkip-Uri bilingual family (consisting of two adults and six children) in Kasuka."

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OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "The primary language used by adults in Mungkip is Uri, and the primary language used by children is Tok
Pisin."

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mungkip village and Kasuka hamlet. Morobe Province

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
137
Native speakers worldwide

		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.													-6.45366,146.7479
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			137	100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
SIL Electronic Survey Report		2009	Mungkip: An Endangered Language			2009-015		SIL International			Retsema, Thom; Margaret Potter; and Rachel Gray				12	10-99	"According to Mungkip village residents, approximately twelve people out of the Mungkip and Kasuka populations speak the Mungkip language. Specifically, they reported that there are four Mungkip-speaking adults resident in Mungkip village and one Mungkip-Uri bilingual family (consisting of two adults and six children) in Kasuka."	Uri, Tok Pisin	"The primary language used by adults in Mungkip is Uri, and the primary language used by children is Tok Pisin."	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	15	Papua New Guinea	Mungkip village and Kasuka hamlet. Morobe Province
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International		Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	670	12	10-99	Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2006). Data for the ethnic population is from the 2006 SIL survey.			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Papua New Guinea;

Munkip

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Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

137

Discussion

Munkip

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Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

137

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