Also Known As:
Musa, Musan, Musian, Siafli, Siwai
Dialects & Varieties
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition
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.
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
220
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Papua New Guinea
Location Description
"Sandaun Province, south of Sepik river, between Amto and Ama. 1 village."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
"Positive attitudes."
Other Languages Used By The Community
Amto [amt], Tok Pisin [tpi]
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Latin
Other writing systems used:
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Recent Resources
Wordlist of 101 lexical items. From: Conrad, Robert J. and Dye, T. Wayne. 1975.
The wikipedia page for the Siawi language. The article is very much a stub.