Blafe

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
bfh
Alternate Names
Blafe Wonana, Indorodoro, Mblafe, Tonda
User Population

550 (Evans et al 2018). 350 Blafe, 200 Ránmo (Evans et al 2018).

Location

Western province: Indorodoro village is center; west of Nambo [ncm] language area.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
South-Central Papuan, Morehead-Upper Maro, Tonda
Dialects

Mblafe, Ránmo (Renmo).

Language Use

Vigorous use in every village except for one, where the vernacular is not taught to young people. Some young people, all adults. Also use English [eng] (Grummitt and Masters 2012). Used as L2 by Rema [bow].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 20%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Taught in primary schools in early grades only, in 4 schools.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Blafe
Writing

Latin script [Latn], in development.