Papi language

Papi (Paupe; also known Baiyamo[3]) is an alleged Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Glottolog leaves it unclassified.[4]

Papi
Baiyamo
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
70 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ppe
Glottologpapi1255
ELPPapi[2]
Coordinates: 4.576892°S 141.961762°E / -4.576892; 141.961762 (Paupe)

It is spoken in the single village of Paupe (4.576892°S 141.961762°E / -4.576892; 141.961762 (Paupe)) in Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG of East Sepik Province.[5][6]

References
  1. Papi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Papi.
  3. Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  4. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Papi". Glottolog 4.3.
  5. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  6. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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