Numbami

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
sij
Alternate Names
Siboma, Sipoma
User Population

200 (Wurm 2007). Ethnic population: 240 (2000 census).

Location

Morobe province: Lae district. 1 coastal village.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Numbami
Language Use

Potentially endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Under pressure from Bugawac [buk] and Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007). Some young people, all adults. Also use Yabem [jae], decreasingly in religious services.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Numbami