Baiyamo

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names
Papi, Paupe
User Population

220 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 220 (2011 census).

Location

Sandaun and East Sepik provinces: Frieda river area; Paupe village.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 29% with Asaba [seo], most similar.

Language Use

Vigorous (Hammarström 2010). Used by all. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 2%–3%.