Papapana

PPN

threatened

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Meso Melanesian
New Ireland
South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic
Nehan-North Bougainville
Papapana

Demographics: 120 (Wurm 2000).

Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 D. Tryon); endangered or potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Under pressure from Tinputz [tpz] and Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007).

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea