Personal communication on Bebeli
Sato, Hiroko. 2016. Personal communication on Bebeli. May 6.
Severely Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
780
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
4
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
5
Transmission
Transmission 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
4
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
3064 (total polulation of the Bebeli-speaking region: 3831; about 80% of them are ethnic Bebeli. But lots of immigrants have moved in in recent years.)
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Papua New Guinea, West New Britain province
Location Description
spoken in three villages: Morokea, Mosa and Banaule
Government Support
no
Institutional Support
no
Speakers' Attitude
Neutral - Some of them want to speak, but they can’t because they didn’t learn it. People claim that it is too hard to learn Bebeli. They are aware of the loss of their language, so they are very interested in documenting it before it gets extinct.
Other Languages Used By The Community
Tok Pisin; English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
all
Domains of Other Languages:
Bebeli is replaced with Tok Pisin in all domains.
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Roman scripts
Other writing systems used:
no
Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
Informative message
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