Endangered Languages Project - Piame

Piame

^{[aka Biami]}

Classification: Sepik

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Biami
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Sepik Hill, Western Sepik Hill
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pin
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MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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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
<100
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Piame village, "at theheadwaters of the Niksek (April) River"

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Wurm and Hattori)

DATE OF INFO: 1981

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, middle Sepik region, eastern headwaters of Niksek (April) river."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing