Pei
[aka Pai]Classification: Unclassified
·severely endangered
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Severely endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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80
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"A number of people have died from illness, which probably accounts for the higher population figure of 208 given in Laycock (1973)."
- DATE OF INFO
- 1983
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Yahapiri
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Tok Pisin
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
"The adult Pai male speakers know a trade language named Yahapiri by means of which they communicate with Walio speakers and also the Sepik Iwam speakers at Hauna. The younger generation knows Yahapiri to a very limited extent, and we predict it will die out and eventually be replaced by Tok Pisin."
- PLACES
- Papua New Guinea
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
The majority of speakers "live in the village of Pei, which is a resettlement area on a large hill (hummock) in the midst of a sago swamp. Pei consists of all the former residents of Pi No. 1 and Pi No.2. Another group lives at Paru, on the tributary of the Wogamus River between Biaga and Sio."