Numbami

SIJ

threatened

Alternate Names: Siboma, Sipoma

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
North New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Numbami

Demographics: 200 (Wurm 2007). Ethnic population: 250.

Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Under pressure from Bugawac [buk] and Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007). Yabem [jae] use in religious services declining.

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea