Endangered Languages Project - Sowanda

Sowanda

^{[aka Punda-Umeda, Pundina, Waina]}

Classification: Border

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Punda-Umeda, Pundina, Waina, Waina-Sowanda, Wanja, Wanya, Wina
CLASSIFICATION		Border, Waris
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sow
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Punda-Umeda Waina
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification” . Laycock, Donald C. (1973) , Wurm, Stephen A. · Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Population is calculated from the censused villages in the Amanab subdistrict, plus 130 for the West Irian [Papua Province] villages (in 1959)."

DATE OF INFO: 1959

PLACES: 6 villages in Papua New Guinea: Punda, Sowanda No. 1, Sowanda No. 2, Umeda, Waina, and Wiala; 5 villages in Indonesia: Arombawai, Ibela, Jabae, Jabanda, and Makrabo.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,180
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
970 in Papua New Guinea (2000 census).

DATE OF INFO: 2000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Amanab district."

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

Papua New Guinea; Indonesia

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