Endangered Languages Project - Pagi

Pagi

^{[aka Bembi, Pagei]}

Classification: Border

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Bembi, Pagei
CLASSIFICATION		Border, Bewani
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pgi
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Eastern Western
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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of Pagi and Kilmeri” (193-206) . Brown, Robert (1981)

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,100
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,224
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The population figure is taken from a 1979 census of eight villages, plus and additional 118 people absent from their village.

DATE OF INFO: 1979

DOMAINS OF USE
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: West Sepik Province [Sandaun Province]: Vanimo district: Bewani sub-district: 8 villages: Amoi, Apwambo, Idoli, Nambes, Somboi, Imbinis, Imbio 1, and Imbio 2.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
989
Native speakers worldwide
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This figure includes speakers residing in Ainbai and Elis villages, which, according to Brown (1981), speak a distinct language, Ainbai [aic].

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 10 villages: Ainbai, Amoi, Apwambo, Elis, Idoli, Nambes, Sonbui, Imbio No. 1, Imbio No. 2, Imbio No. 3, and Imbrinis.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,140
Native speakers worldwide
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(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Vanimo district, Bewani subdistrict, east and southeast of Kilmeri [kih] language area. 5 villages."

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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)