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Classification: Austronesian
·severely endangered
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Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, St. Matthias |
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Speaker number data: (2000 S. Wurm)
New Ireland Province, Tench Island
Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
In 1972, forty-nine speakers were reported. There still may be about forty speakers.
All are highly bilingual in Mussau-Emira, which puts pressure on it, with speakers shifting to it.
Mussau-Emira
No literacy
New Ireland Province, Tench Island.
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SOURCE: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge |
| 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 | 49 | 10-99 | Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | -1.6394,150.6939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | ~40 | 10-99 | In 1972, forty-nine speakers were reported. There still may be about forty speakers. | Mussau-Emira | All | Severely Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | All are highly bilingual in Mussau-Emira, which puts pressure on it, with speakers shifting to it. | 14 | Papua New Guinea | New Ireland Province, Tench Island. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Oral Literature Project | http://www.oralliterature.org | "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org. | 30 | 10-99 | Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 2009 | Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009) | M. Paul Lewis | SIL International | Dallas, TX | http://www.ethnologue.com/ | Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.) | ll_pub | 30 | 10-99 | Speaker number data: (2000 S. Wurm) | Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | Papua New Guinea; | New Ireland Province, Tench Island |