Awar
Classification: Lower Sepik-Ramu
·severely endangered
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Severely endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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<1,153
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1,153
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The estimated population for Awar village is 601; the estimated population for Nubia village is 317; and the estimated population for Sisimagum village is 235 (not including immigrants from other villages).
- DATE OF INFO
- 2013
- DOMAINS OF USE
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- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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"[A]ll interactions the people have with their children are exclusively in Tok Pisin. ... [t]he community at large rarely uses Awar in any domain. The ability to hear and speak the language still resides in most of the grandparent generation and some of the parent generation, but regular use of the language has died out."
- SPEAKER ATTITUDE
- "The Awar in all three villages recognize that their language is in an endangered position. Most of them speak only of trying to record their language so it is not lost entirely. Only a few spoke of trying to revitalize it."
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Tok Pisin [tpi]
- PLACES
- Papua New Guinea
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
On the north coast near the border of Madang and East Speik Provinces and the Ramu River: Awar, Nubia, and Sisimagum villages.