ISO 639-3 · aauaau
Sepik family
Abau
Abau is a language of the Sepik branch, spoken in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 7,270 speakers (2000).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aau- Glottocode
abau1245- Family
- Sepik
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Abau |
|---|---|
| Also called | Abau language |
| All speakers | 7,270 (2000) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sepik to Abau
The branches above Abau, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
44SepikfamilyaauAbaulanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Papua New Guinea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting