From mountain talk to hidden talk: Continuity and change in Awiakay registers
From mountain talk to hidden talk: Continuity and change in Awiakay registers
Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native Speakers Worldwide
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 2
Used in some non-official domains along with other languages, and remains the primary language used in the home for many community members.
2
Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
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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
"Nowadays, all Awiakay adults are bilingual in Tok Pisin and Awiakay. Multilingualism in other local languages is less common, but it occurs in the few families where one spouse is from the neighbouring Asangamut village. Among adult Awiakay, the use of Tok Pisin is confined mainly to situations where it functions as a language of authority. Code-switching between Tok Pisin and Awiakay occurs in public speeches, in quarrels an in other situations where a speaker (of any gender or age) wants to take an authoritative position in the communicative act. All children are fluent in Awiakay, but acquire Tok Pisin at a very early stage. They are addressed primarily in Awiakay, while Tok Pisin is used for scolding."
Location and Context
Countries
Papua New Guinea
Location Description
Kanjimei village on the the Konmei River, a tributary of the Karawari River, in East Sepik Province
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:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
This collection documents speech varieties (definable registers) in Awiakay, and their relation to t