Endangered Languages Project - Bahinemo

Bahinemo

^{[aka Bahenemo, Gahom, Inaru]}

Classification: Sepik

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Bahenemo, Gahom, Inaru, Wogu, Yigai
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Sepik Hill, Central Sepik Hill
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bjh
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “A tale of three languages: language shift in a micro-context” (27-38) . Dye, T. Wayne and Sally Folger Dye (2012) De Gruyter Mouton

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The total population of Bahinemo speakers has increased from 308 in 1967 to around 700 in 2007"

DATE OF INFO: 2007

TRANSMISSION

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"In Wagu those couples with two home languages and those with a special interest in the developed world have children who speak more Tok Pisin than the norm."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Ambunti District, East Sepik Province: 4 villages, including Wagu.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
433
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 7 villages: Bugiaui, Inaro, Moli, Gahom, Namu, Wagu No. 2, and Yigei.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Newton (1971) also gives Mediya and Kenesuwa as additional village (?hamlet) names."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
550
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(NTM)

DATE OF INFO: 1998

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Ambunti district, Hunstein range, south of Sepik river. 4 villages."

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)