Endangered Languages Project - Angoram

Angoram

^{[aka Kanda, Olem, Pondo]}

Classification: Lower Sepik-Ramu

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threatened

Ethnologue (21st ed.) contains a separate entry for a "Maramba" language [myd], supposedly belonging to the Yuat family. The people of Maramba village, however, speak Angoram (aka Kanda).

ALSO KNOWN AS		Kanda, Olem, Pondo, Sepik No. 1, Tjimundo, Maramba
CLASSIFICATION		Lower Sepik-Ramu, Lower Sepik
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		aog, myd
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Twenty-first edition” . Simons, Gary F. and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9,060
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
This number is a combination of that given for Angoram (8,220, cited as "2003 SIL") and that given for Maramba (840, cited as "2000 census").

DATE OF INFO: 2000, 2003

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, lower Sepik river area, Angoram district."

6,514
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 22 villages: Angoram, Kambrindo, Kambrok, Kanduanum, Krinjambi, Magendo, Moim, Mundomundo, Pinang, Tambali, Yueriman, Agrumara, Andua, Arangunam, Kausimbi, Kundima, Maramba, Sapalu, Chuimondo, Bien, Imbuando, and Marbuk

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