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ALSO KNOWN AS		Paupe, Baiyamo
CLASSIFICATION		Unclassified, Leonhard Schultze?
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ppe
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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

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"about 70 people"

DATE OF INFO: 1983

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Most Papi-speakers "live at the village of Papi (Paupe). This village has shifted to a new location still on the Frieda River, two miles downstream from the Frieda River airstrip. A few Papi speakers also live in the small hamlet of Wasimai on the Leonhard Schultze River."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1981

MORE ON VITALITY

All the speakers know at least some Tok Pisin, which puts pressure on the language.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin

More on Orthography

There is some literacy in it.

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sandaun Province. Spoken south of the Upper Sepik, in one village on the lower Frieda River, a southern tributary of the Upper Sepik, southeast of the May River settlement.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Wurm 2000)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun and East Sepik provinces, Frieda river, 1 village."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

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The language is still being transmitted to children.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Paupe village

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

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"The Baiyamo language is still being transmitted to children (p.c. Jack Kennedy 2009)."

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Frieda River, Sandaun Province

			2017	Language isolates in the New Guinea region	Language isolates		Lyle Campbell, Thomas Dougherty, and Alexander D. Smith	London: Routledge					Harald Hammarström	Harald Hammerström. forthcoming. Language isolates in the New Guinea region. In Language isolates, edited by Lyle Campbell, Thomas Dougherty, and Alexander D. Smith. London: Routledge.		70		10-99				Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	"The Baiyamo language is still being transmitted to children (p.c. Jack Kennedy 2009)."	Papua New Guinea	Frieda River, Sandaun Province
			2010	The status of the least documented language families in the world		177-212			Language Documentation and Conservation	4		http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4478/hammarstrom.pdf;jsessionid=76414DD90F95DF076959B1AEB0158091?sequence=1	Hammarström, Harald	Harald Hammarström. 2010. "The Status of the Least Documented Language Families in the World." In Language Documentation and Conservation, 4: 177-212. Online: http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4478/hammarstrom.pdf;jsessionid=76414DD90F95DF076959B1AEB0158091?sequence=1.		70		10-99				Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	The language is still being transmitted to children.
	3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing			Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	75		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					-4.5, 142
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.			75	1970	10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Papua New Guinea	Paupe village
Pacific Linguistics: Series A			1988	Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea	Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 26	243-273		Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University		76			Conrad, Robert J. and Ronald K. Lewis	Robert J. Conrad and Ronald K. Lewis. 1988. "Some Language and Sociolinguistic Relationships in the Upper Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea." In Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 26, 76: 243-273. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.	HHOLD	70	1983	10-99	"about 70 people"			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Papua New Guinea	Most Papi-speakers "live at the village of Papi (Paupe). This village has shifted to a new location still on the Frieda River, two miles downstream from the Frieda River airstrip. A few Papi speakers also live in the small hamlet of Wasimai on the Leonhard Schultze River."
				World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		70		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	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.		70	2000	10-99	(Wurm 2000)	Tok Pisin [tpi]		Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Papua New Guinea	"Sandaun and East Sepik provinces, Frieda river, 1 village."
			2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	425-577	Christopher Moseley	Routledge			London and New York		Stephen Wurm	Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.		75	1981	10-99		Tok Pisin	All	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		All the speakers know at least some Tok Pisin, which puts pressure on the language.	Papua New Guinea	Sandaun Province. Spoken south of the Upper Sepik, in one village on the lower Frieda River, a southern tributary of the Upper Sepik, southeast of the May River settlement.

Papi

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Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

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Papi

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

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