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Documentation of Lakurumau: Making the case for one more language in Papua New Guinea

Documentation of Lakurumau: Making the case for one more language in Papua New Guinea

Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
About Vitality Level
~800
Native Speakers Worldwide
Domains of Use

Domain Of Use 4

Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.

4
Transmission

Transmission 2

Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.

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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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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
"Lakurumau has so far been a mostly oral language. It has been taught in the village elementary school for the past few years. Some years ago, Mrs. Dinah Gurumang, a local teacher and Lakurumau language activist, wrote a booklet with some Lakurumau texts and wordlists to be used in school lessons, using the orthography established by the Summer Institute of Linguistics translators for Kara. Unfortunately, all copies of this booklet have seemingly been lost, and I have not been able to recover any of them. In order to foster literacy in Lakurumau, Mrs. Gurumang and I have written three other booklets (see §2.3), which can be used in the village elementary school as well as in the pre-school course Early Childhood run by Mrs. Gurumang
and other community members."

Location and Context
Countries
Papua New Guinea;
Location Description

"Lakurumau is spoken in the eponymous village of Lakurumau, on the East Coast of New Ireland."

Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Tok Pisin
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None

Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Roman
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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