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CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Ndu
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mle
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Information from: “The Manambu language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea” . Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (2008) Oxford University Press

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~2,800
Native speakers worldwide
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"spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages ... About 200– 400 speakers live in the cities of Port Moresby, Wewak, Lae, and Madang; a few people live in Kokopo and Mount Hagen."

DATE OF INFO: 2004

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

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"Most parents in the villages speak to their children in Manambu as well as Tok Pisin; however, Tok Pisin is the preferred means of communication between children of all ages."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"Obsolescence of the true Manambu language is an object of concern for most senior people in the village, and also a few younger people in their thirties and forties."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin [tpi]
English [eng]

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province, Ambunti district: 5 villages: Avatip, Yawabak, Malu, Apa:n, and Yambon (Yuanab).

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,110
Native speakers worldwide
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(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Ambunti subprovince, Sepik river area. 3 villages."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,058
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 4 villages: Avatip, Malu, Yambon, and Yau'umbak.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Sengo is also listed, but with a question mark following it, as it was unclear whether the village spoke Manambu. Sengo is treated as a separate language in the Catalogue of Endangered Languages.

			2014	Glottolog 2.3				Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology	http://glottolog.org	Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian	Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian. 2014. Glottolog 2.3. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at http://glottolog.org)														-4.19, 142.86
	18th		2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition	Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas		http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.	2,110	2003	1000-9999	(SIL)			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Papua New Guinea	"East Sepik Province, Ambunti subprovince, Sepik river area. 3 villages."
Pacific Linguistics		B 25	1973	Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification	Wurm, Stephen A.	Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics	Canberra			Laycock, Donald C.		2,058	1970	1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Sengo is also listed, but with a question mark following it, as it was unclear whether the village spoke Manambu. Sengo is treated as a separate language in the Catalogue of Endangered Languages.	Papua New Guinea	4 villages: Avatip, Malu, Yambon, and Yau'umbak.
			2008	The Manambu language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea		Oxford University Press	Oxford			Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.		~2,800	2004	1000-9999	"spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages ... About 200– 400 speakers live in the cities of Port Moresby, Wewak, Lae, and Madang; a few people live in Kokopo and Mount Hagen."	Tok Pisin [tpi], English [eng]	"Obsolescence of the true Manambu language is an object of concern for most senior people in the village, and also a few younger people in their thirties and forties."	Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	"Most parents in the villages speak to their children in Manambu as well as Tok Pisin; however, Tok Pisin is the preferred means of communication between children of all ages."	13		Papua New Guinea	East Sepik Province, Ambunti district: 5 villages: Avatip, Yawabak, Malu, Apa:n, and Yambon (Yuanab).

Manambu

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Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~2,800

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,110

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,058

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Manambu

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Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~2,800

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,110

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,058

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