Endangered Languages Project - Niksek

Niksek

^{[aka Meiyari, Sumwari, Setiali]}

Classification: Sepik

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Meiyari, Sumwari, Setiali, Paka, Gabiano
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Sepik Hill, Western Sepik Hill
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		gbe
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Setiali Meiyari Gabiano
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Laycock (1973) mentions three potentially separate languages: Setiali, Paka, and Gabiano. There is very little data on any of these, however, but they are likely all dialects of a single language (Conrad and Lewis 1988).

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Information from: “Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea” (243-273) . Conrad, Robert J. and Ronald K. Lewis (1988) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"approximately 300 speakers"

DATE OF INFO: 1983

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Near the April (Niksek) River: Niksek village, "along with the people who speak the Tuwari language. All the former residents of Setiali have moved to Sumwari or Niksek, and their old site is deserted. A very small number of Gabiano people remain at a village called Kabiano. A few also remain at Meiyari."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
930
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik and Sandaun provinces, upper Niksek and east branch of Leonhard Schultze rivers’ headwaters; Sumwari."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>298?
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker numbers are only given for "Setialia (200) and for "Gabiano" (98), taken from Dye and Townsends (1969). No figures are given for "Paka".

DATE OF INFO: 1969

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Setiali" may be spoken in Maifa, Wilialife-Wiaru, and Setiali-Kautifafi villages; "Paka" may be spoken in Sumwari, Yaramui No. 1. Yaramui No. 2, and Paka villages; "Gabiano" may be spoken in Kabian village.

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